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[ prood ] / prud / SEE SYNONYMS FOR prude ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person who is excessively proper or modest in speech, conduct, dress, etc. Origin of prude1695–1705; <French prude a prude (noun), prudish (adj.), short for prudefemme,Old French prodefeme worthy or respectable woman. See proud, feme OTHER WORDS FROM prudeprudelike, adjectiveWords nearby prudeProzac, prozone, prp., prs., PRT, prude, prudence, prudent, prudential, Prudentius, prudery Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for prudeWe are left with stalwart genres (action, rom com) and classic roles (prude, seductress, jock, backstory-less best friend). It Ain't Easy Being Bisexual on TV|Amy Zimmerman|August 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST Mapplethorpe is infamous for his raw depictions of sexuality, but Rodin was no prude. Mapplethorpe’s Artistic Twin|Sarah Moroz|April 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST Casual sex had never interested me before; I had always been a bit of a prude. Sugar Daddy Dating Sites: Helen Croydon on Her Guilty Fantasy|Helen Croydon|May 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST “Bay isn't a prude, but she isn't going to have sex with anyone just to get it over with,” Weiss said. Television’s 20-Something Female Virgins: ‘Girls,’ ‘Grey’s,’ and ‘Underemployed’|Whitney Friedlander|November 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST
So far no Republican congressman has been foolish enough to cast himself as the Ken Starr figure, prude, proud and prurient. Should Weiner Resign? Daily Beast Contributors Weigh In|The Daily Beast|June 7, 2011|DAILY BEAST You remind me of this, and that Johnson was no prude, and that his age was tolerant. Letters on Literature|Andrew Lang A prig is a stuck-up silly creature, and a prude is always thinking everything wicked. The Maidens' Lodge|Emily Sarah Holt Oh, you're always so easily shocked—such a prude, so conventional! What Will People Say?|Rupert Hughes In my great work on The Prude all will be attended to with due discrimination in apportionment of censure. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8|Ambrose Bierce For, like most men who are rather animal, he was intellectually a prude. The Longest Journey|E. M. Forster
British Dictionary definitions for prude
nouna person who affects or shows an excessively modest, prim, or proper attitude, esp regarding sex Derived forms of prudeprudish, adjectiveprudishly, adverbprudishness or prudery, nounWord Origin for prudeC18: from French, from prudefemme, from Old French prode femme respectable woman; see proud Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to prudepuritan, goody-goody, goody two-shoes, old maid |