Prude
[pruːd] or [prud]
Definition
(noun.) a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum.
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Definition
(a.) A woman of affected modesty, reserve, or coyness; one who is overscrupulous or sensitive; one who affects extraordinary prudence in conduct and speech.
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Definition
n. a woman of affected modesty: one who pretends extreme propriety.—n. Pru′dery manners of a prude: pretended or overdone strictness of manner or behaviour.—adj. Pru′dish like a prude: affectedly modest or reserved: stiff: severe.—adv. Pru′dishly.—n. Pru′dishness.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A bawd hiding behind the back of her demeanor.
Checker: Otis
Unserious Contents or Definition
A native of Boston.
Editor: Meredith
Examples
- She did not at all resemble either a paragon or a prude; and yet I am the only one of all our family who am not afraid of her wit or her virtue. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Play you muSt. I will not have you shrink, or frown, or make the prude. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- For it was indeed that most respectable saloon, in which Prude and I were making an exhibition of our pretty persons, owing to the merest ignorance. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- In vain did poor Prude practise her infallible awe-inspiring frowns! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- However, prude or no prude, this good lady was kind enough to receive my visits at all times with an appearance of real satisfaction. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I like it, and I am no prude. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Some call a prude, a woman who steadfastly resists being kissed by a man for whom she has no regard, at a time when her heart is devoted to another. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- However, Prude soon overruled my objections and sent for a hackney-coach to convey us to the theatre. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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