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Pudibund vs Ludibund - What's the difference?

pudibund | ludibund |

As adjectives the difference between pudibund and ludibund

is that pudibund is shy, bashful; prudish while ludibund is sportive, recreational, playful, frolicsome.

pudibund

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Shy, bashful; prudish.
  • *1969 , (Vladimir Nabokov), Ada or Ardor , Penguin 2011, p. 327:
  • *:she lay back on the outer half of Ada's pillow in a martyr's pudibund swoon, her locks spreading their orange blaze against the black velvet of the paddded headboard.

    • ludibund

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • sportive, recreational, playful, frolicsome

    • Synonyms

    * playful

    Related terms

    * ludibundness * ludic * ludicrous * ludian * ludible