pudor means an appropriate sense of modesty or shame. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
pudor is pronounced /ˈpjuːdɔː/.
Why “pudor” is a great word
PUDOR — [Noun] An appropriate sense of modesty or shame, especially regarding propriety and sexual matters. Borrowed from Latin pudor ("sense of modesty or shame"), from pudēre ("to make ashamed"). Unlike "shame," a general, corrosive guilt, or "decency," an external standard of behavior, pudor is the innate, anticipatory blush—the internal sentinel of propriety. It is the instinctive lowering of the eyes from an intimate scene, the warmth that rises from being too intimately perceived, the quiet refusal to speak a coarseness that would stain the air. It is the dignified architecture of the self, whose silent fading leaves only noise and exposure.
noun
- An appropriate sense of modesty or shame.“Woman, undoing with sweet pudor her belt of rushrope, offers her allmoist yoni to man’s lingam.”