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prude¹
- /pɹuːd/
Rhymes with -uːd
Where it comes from
From 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.
noun prudes
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A person who is or tries to be excessively proper, especially one who is easily offended by matters of a sexual nature.
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.
Similar: prig, goody-goody, puritan, celibacist, erotophobe, antisexualist, bluenose, goody two shoes, killjoy, moralist, priss
adjective more prude · most prude
- Prudish.
Prude²
Where it comes from
English surname, probably a variant of Proud.
proper noun Prudes
- A surname.
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noun A person who is or tries to be excessively proper
| Español | mojigato, mojigata, gazmoño, gazmoñero, santurrón, pacato |
|---|---|
| Português | puritano, puritana, pudico |
| Français | bégueule, prude, sainte-nitouche |
| Deutsch | prüde Person, Prüder, Prüde |
| Italiano | prude |
| Ελληνικά | σεμνότυφος semnótyfos |
| Română | pudic, puritan |
| Русский | свято́ша svjatóša |
| עברית | חָסוּד ẖasúd |
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