"prude" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /pɹuːd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prude.wav Forms: more prude [comparative], most prude [superlative]
enPR: pro͞od Rhymes: -uːd Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|prude}} French prude, {{der|en|fro|prude}} Old French prude, {{der|en|la|prōde}} Latin prōde Head templates: {{en-adj}} prude (comparative more prude, superlative most prude)
  1. Prudish.
    Sense id: en-prude-en-adj-MVdabu6q

Noun

IPA: /pɹuːd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prude.wav Forms: prudes [plural]
enPR: pro͞od Rhymes: -uːd Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|prude}} French prude, {{der|en|fro|prude}} Old French prude, {{der|en|la|prōde}} Latin prōde Head templates: {{en-noun}} prude (plural prudes)
  1. A person who is or tries to be excessively proper, especially one who is easily offended by matters of a sexual nature. Categories (topical): People Hypernyms: person Derived forms: prudely, prudery, prudish, prudist Related terms: proud Translations (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper): purità [masculine] (Catalan), prudérní [masculine] (Czech), sippe [common-gender] (Danish), snerpe [common-gender] (Danish), preut (Dutch), prudulo (Esperanto), prudulino (Esperanto), sievistelijä (Finnish), bégueule [feminine, masculine] (French), prude [feminine, masculine] (French), sainte-nitouche [feminine] (French), mexericas (Galician), mexeriqueiro [masculine] (Galician), mexeriqueira [feminine] (Galician), puritano [masculine] (Galician), puritana [feminine] (Galician), prüde Person [feminine] (German), Prüder [masculine] (German), Prüde [feminine] (German), σεμνότυφος (semnótyfos) (Greek), חָסוּד (ẖasúd) [masculine] (Hebrew), prűd (Hungarian), tepra [feminine] (Icelandic), pempía [feminine] (Icelandic), sok suci (Indonesian), prude [masculine] (Italian), świętoszek [masculine] (Polish), świętoszka [feminine] (Polish), puritano [masculine] (Portuguese), puritana [feminine] (Portuguese), pudico [masculine] (Portuguese), pudic [masculine] (Romanian), puritan [masculine] (Romanian), свято́ша (svjatóša) [common-gender] (Russian), mojigato [masculine] (Spanish), mojigata [feminine] (Spanish), pryd person (Swedish), maliyoso [feminine] (Tagalog), iffet-füruş (Turkish), namus düşkünü (Turkish), namus kumkuması (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-prude-en-noun-QK~n4Jx2 Disambiguation of People: 0 100 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 99 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 98 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 2 98 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 2 98 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 3 97 Synonyms: prig, goody-goody, puritan, celibacist, erotophobe, antisexualist, bluenose, goody two shoes, killjoy, moralist, priss

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1991, Robert M. Pirsig, Lila:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "code": "el",
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          "word": "свято́ша"
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      "word": "celibacist"
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "A person who is or tries to be excessively proper",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sippe"
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      "sense": "A person who is or tries to be excessively proper",
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      "sense": "A person who is or tries to be excessively proper",
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      "sense": "A person who is or tries to be excessively proper",
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      "sense": "A person who is or tries to be excessively proper",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "bégueule"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "prude"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "A person who is or tries to be excessively proper",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sainte-nitouche"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "A person who is or tries to be excessively proper",
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "A person who is or tries to be excessively proper",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "A person who is or tries to be excessively proper",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "A person who is or tries to be excessively proper",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Prüder"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "A person who is or tries to be excessively proper",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Prüde"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "A person who is or tries to be excessively proper",
      "word": "σεμνότυφος"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
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      "sense": "A person who is or tries to be excessively proper",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "חָסוּד"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "A person who is or tries to be excessively proper",
      "word": "prűd"
    },
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "A person who is or tries to be excessively proper",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "tepra"
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    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "A person who is or tries to be excessively proper",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "A person who is or tries to be excessively proper",
      "word": "sok suci"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "A person who is or tries to be excessively proper",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prude"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "A person who is or tries to be excessively proper",
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      "word": "świętoszek"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "A person who is or tries to be excessively proper",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "A person who is or tries to be excessively proper",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "puritano"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "A person who is or tries to be excessively proper",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "puritana"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "A person who is or tries to be excessively proper",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "pudico"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "A person who is or tries to be excessively proper",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pudic"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "A person who is or tries to be excessively proper",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "puritan"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "A person who is or tries to be excessively proper",
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      "word": "свято́ша"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "A person who is or tries to be excessively proper",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "mojigato"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "A person who is or tries to be excessively proper",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "mojigata"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "A person who is or tries to be excessively proper",
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "A person who is or tries to be excessively proper",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maliyoso"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "A person who is or tries to be excessively proper",
      "word": "iffet-füruş"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "A person who is or tries to be excessively proper",
      "word": "namus düşkünü"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "A person who is or tries to be excessively proper",
      "word": "namus kumkuması"
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