Definition of Prudes

1. Noun. (plural of prude) ¹

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Definition of Prudes

1. prude [n] - See also: prude

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prudes

prudences
prudencies
prudency
prudeness
prudent
prudent man rule
prudential
prudentialist
prudentialists
prudentialities
prudentiality
prudentially
prudently
pruderies
prudery
prudes (current term)
prudhomme
prudhommes
prudishly
prudishness
prudishnesses
pruh
pruina
pruinas
pruinate
pruine
pruines
pruinose
prunable

Literary usage of Prudes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Laurence Sterne: With a Life of the Author by Laurence Sterne (1814)
"prudes. WHEN I hear women inveigh too vehemently against the objects of this misfortune, I am apt to suspect their hearts to be a good deal inflamed with a ..."

2. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"The lady was more notorious than reputable : Cease, ye prudes, your envious railing, Lovely Hums has charms—confess I True it is, she has one failing,— Had ..."

3. Jonathan and His Continent: Rambles Through American Society by Max O'Rell, Jack Allyn (1889)
"New England prudes.— Tattling or Calumny ? ' HE New England descendants of the Puritans have inherited a more than British prudery. ..."

4. The Reminiscences of Lady Dorothy Nevill by Dorothy Nevill (1906)
"... a young man— He paints my portrait—Venice—Lord Alvanley and the last of the Foscari—An anecdote of Victor Emmanuel—A ballet for prudes—Andreas Hofer and ..."

5. The Reminiscences of Lady Dorothy Nevill by Dorothy Nevill (1906)
"... the last of the Foscari—An anecdote of Victor Emmanuel—A ballet for prudes—Andreas Hofer and his son—Return to England. BESIDES the house in Norfolk, ..."

6. The Reminiscences of Lady Dorothy Nevill by Dorothy Nevill, Ralph Nevill (1906)
"... Alvanley and the last of the Foscari—An anecdote of Victor Emmanuel—A ballet for prudes—Andreas Hofer and his son—Return to England. ..."

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