impudicity

impudicity
/im'pyoo dis"i tee/, n.
immodesty.
[1520-30; < MF impudicité < L impudic(us) immodest (im- IM-2 + pudicus modest; see IMPUDENT) + MF -ité -ITY]

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  • Impudicity — Im pu*dic i*ty, n. [L. impudicus immodest; im not + pudicus shamefaced, modest: cf. F. impudicit[ e], L. impudicitia.] Immodesty. Sheldon. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • impudicity — index debauchery Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • impudicity — [im΄pyo͞o dis′i tē] n. [Fr impudicité < LL * impudicitas, for L impudicitia < impudicus < in , not + pudicus, modest] immodesty; shamelessness …   English World dictionary

  • impudicity — noun a) immodesty b) shamelessness …   Wiktionary

  • impudicity — [ˌɪmpjʊ dɪsɪti] noun formal lack of modesty. Origin C16: from Fr. impudicité, from L. impudicitia, from impudicus shameless …   English new terms dictionary

  • impudicity — n. See immodesty …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • impudicity — im·pu·dic·i·ty …   English syllables

  • impudicity — im•pu•dic•i•ty [[t]ˌɪm pyʊˈdɪs ɪ ti[/t]] n. indecency; shamelessness; immodesty • Etymology: 1520–30; < MF impudicité < L impudīc(us) immodest …   From formal English to slang

  • impudicity — /ɪmpjuˈdɪsəti/ (say impyooh disuhtee) noun immodesty. {French impudicité} …  

  • impudicity —   n. shamelessness …   Dictionary of difficult words

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