propudious

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. shameful, infamous, disgraceful

Word forms

propudious more propudious most propudious

Etymology

From Latin prōpudiōsus (“shameful, disgraceful, infamous”), from propudium (“scandal, shameful act; shameful person, wretch”) + -ōsus (“-ose: full of, prone to”), from prō- (“for, to, towards”) + pudēre (“to be ashamed, to cause shame”) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns).

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