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prune3 /proon/ noun (formerly also pruine, proin, proine, proyn, proyne or (Shakespeare) prewyn)- A dried plum
- A plum suitable for drying (US)
- A plum (obsolete)
- The dark purple colour of prune juice
- A dud pilot (RAF sl)
- A despised or silly person (informal)
adjective Of the colour of prune juice ORIGIN: Fr, from L prūna, pl of prūnum (taken for a singular noun); cf Gr prou(m)non plum prunes and prisms - Part of a formula for setting the lips into a pleasing shape, ‘serviceable in the formation of a demeanour’ (Dickens, Little Dorrit)
- Hence (often prisms) a somewhat prim manner of speaking, or any trivial and superficial refinement
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