prude
English
editEtymology
editFrom French prude, from Old French prude, prode, feminine of prou, prod, prud (“good, excellent, brave”), from Latin prōde. Related to proud but unrelated to prudent.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editprude (plural prudes)
- A person who is or tries to be excessively proper, especially one who is easily offended by matters of a sexual nature.
- 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, IV [Uniform ed., p. 62]:
- He became shy. "I hadn't meant to tell you. It's not quite for a lady." For, like most men who are rather animal, he was intellectually a prude.
- 1991, Robert M. Pirsig, Lila:
- If you didn't go for Lila you're some kind of prissy old prude. If you did go for her you were some kind of dirty old man.
- 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, IV [Uniform ed., p. 62]:
Synonyms
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editTranslations
editA person who is or tries to be excessively proper
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Further reading
edit- “prude”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “prude”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Adjective
editprude (comparative more prude, superlative most prude)
Anagrams
editFrench
editEtymology
editBack-formation from prudefemme, feminine of prud’homme (“good man”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editprude (plural prudes)
Further reading
edit- “prude”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
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editprude
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editMiddle English
editNoun
editprude
- Alternative form of pryde (“proudness”)
Old French
editAdjective
editprude
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