Latin Etymology From pudīcus (“chaste; modest, shamefaced”), from pudet (“it shames”). Adverb pudīcē (comparative pudīcius, superlative pudīcissimē) chastely, purely, respectably, decently bashfully, modestly virtuously Related terms pudēfactuspudenduspudēnspudenterpudetpudibilispudibunduspudīcitiapudīcuspudorpudōrātuspudōricolorpudōrōsus References “pudice”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “pudice”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers pudice in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.