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impudicity

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im⋅pu⋅dic⋅i⋅ty

  [im-pyoo-dis-i-tee]
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–noun
immodesty.
Origin:
1520–30; < MF impudicité < L impudīc(us) immodest (im- im- 2 + pudīcus modest; see impudent ) + MF -ité -ity
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im·pu·dic·i·ty   (ĭm'pyŏŏ-dĭs'ĭ-tē)   
n.  Immodesty; shamelessness.

[Late Latin impudīcitās, from Latin impudīcus, immodest : in-, not; see in-1 + pudīcus, modest (from pudēre, to be ashamed).]
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