impudicity

Etymology

From Middle French impudicité, from Latin impudicus (“shameless, immodest”) + Middle French -ité. By surface analysis, im- + pudic + -ity.

Why this word is great

IMPUDICITY — [Noun] Shamelessness, particularly in matters of modesty or sexual propriety. From Middle French impudicité, from Latin impudicus ("shameless, immodest") + Middle French -ité, with im- ("not") + pudicus ("modest") + -ity (noun-forming suffix). Unlike pudicity (which cloaks itself in virtue) or impudence (which flaunts disrespect without erotic charge), impudicity is the deliberate baring of what ought to be concealed. It is the too-slow lowering of a gaze that lingers where it shouldn’t, the unapologetic sprawl of limbs in a crowded room, or the slow, knowing smile that refuses to blush—a defiance of the unspoken contract that binds society together.

noun

Immodesty; shamelessness.“It muſt be obſerved that though a man is allowed by the Mohammedan, as by the Jewish law, to repudiate his wife even on the ſlightest diſguſt, yet the women are not allowed to ſeparate themſelves from their huſbands, unleſs it be for ill uſage, want of proper maintenance, neglect of conjugal duty, impotency, or ſome cauſe of equal import; but then ſhe generally loſes her dowry, which ſhe does not,”