Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
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.
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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.
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.1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, IV [Uniform ed., p. 62]
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.1991, Robert M. Pirsig, Lila:
And the best thing about her is that she's not a prude. In fact, she's something of a trollop: she jokes with everybody and laughs and makes fun of everything.Part 1 published in 1605, Part 2 in 1615, translated in 2003, Miguel de Cervantes and translated by Edith Grossman, Don Quixote, page 200:
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prudelike · prudification · prudism · prudish · prudist · prudify · prudery · prudeness · prudely
killjoy · goody two shoes · antisexualist · bluenose · priss · erotophobe · goody-goody · celibacist · puritan · prig · moralist
pt puritano (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · ro pudic (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · es pacato (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · cs prudérní (člověk) (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · pt pudico (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · tl maliyoso (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · is pempía (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · es cartuchón (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · is tepra (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · eo prudulino (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · fr prude (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · da sippe (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · ru свято́ша (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · gl mexeriqueiro (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · fr bégueule (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · es gazmoñero (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · pl świętoszka (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · hu prűd (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · tr namus düşkünü (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · da snerpe (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · gl puritano (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · es gazmoño (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · gl mexeriqueira (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · ro puritan (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · el σεμνότυφος (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · gl puritana (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · pl świętoszek (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · he חָסוּד (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · fr sainte-nitouche (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · it prude (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · ca purità (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · es santurrón (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · es mojigata (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · nl preut (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · gl mexericas (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · tr namus kumkuması (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · de Prüder (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · de Prüde (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · de prüde Person (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · tr iffet-füruş (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · id sok suci (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · pt puritana (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · es mojigato (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · eo prudulo (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · fi sievistelijä (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) · sv pryd person (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper)