pudēns entis, adj.with comp.and sup.
P. of pudeo, shamefast, bashful, modest, shy, chaste, sensitive, honorable : filius: pudens prave, H.: animus, T.—Plur m . as subst: neque pudentes suspicari oportet sibi parum credi, men of honor , Cs.: te videri pudentiorem fuisse quam soles: pudentissimae feminae.