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A.Word.A.Day--pudency pudency (PYOOD-n-see) noun Modesty, bashfulness. [From Late Latin pudentia, from pudent-, pudens, from pudere (to make or be ashamed).] If today's word bears a resemblance to the word for female private parts, it's because there is a link. Both sprout from Latin pudere (to be ashamed). Impudent is another word originating from the same source. -Anu "`The most important thing is the ship, and the ship needed someone at the helm who knew better about the operational aspects of getting a business to grow than me,' says Fields with typical pudency." Melanie Warner, The New Black Power, Fortune (New York), Aug 4, 1997. "The art of life has a pudency, and will not be exposed. Every man is an impossibility, until he is born; every thing impossible, until we see a success." Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), Experience. This week's theme: miscellaneous words. X-Bonus God could not be everywhere, and therefore he created mothers. -Jewish proverb

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