Etymograph

English

impudic

Impudic comes from French impudique ‘immodest’.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentimpudique‘immodest’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2000impudic

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentimpudique‘immodest’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2000impudic

Earliest quotation: 2000, Eleonore Beaudoin, HOPE!!! Harrisson Ford is single again!!! Heheh!:): “Oh, won't you hide those impudic thighs????????”

Formed from im- + pudic

Latin pudeō ‘it shames’

Latin pudīcus ‘chaste, pure, undefiled’

French pudique ‘modest, chaste’

English pudic

Today it means

adj Immodest.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / French impudique / impudic