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Definition of Prude

1. Noun. A person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum.

Definition of Prude

1. n. A woman of affected modesty, reserve, or coyness; one who is overscrupulous or sensitive; one who affects extraordinary prudence in conduct and speech.

Definition of Prude

1. Noun. A person who is or tries to be excessively proper, especially one who is easily offended by matters of a sexual nature. ¹

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Definition of Prude

1. a prudish person [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prude

Literary usage of Prude

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

1. Readiana: Comments on Current Events by Charles Reade (1883)
"The wickeder kind of "PRURIENT prude" has committed great ravages in our English railways, where the carriages, you must know, are small and seldom filled. ..."

2. The Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor: Containing Choice and Characteristic by William Evans Burton (1859)
"The prude major and prude minor are nearly monopolized by ladies. ... They never extend beyond the fingers ; and the prude major allows you to touch even ..."

3. The Popular History of England: An Illustrated History of Society and by Charles Knight (1859)
"According to the same authority, " the prude and the coquette, ... The prude appears more virtuous, the coquette more vicious, than she really is. ..."

4. The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Historical and Biographical by Alexander Chalmers (1808)
"... we consider nature, we shall often find very contrary effects flow from the same cause. The prude and Coquette, as different as they appear in their bc- ..."

5. The History of the Worthies of England by Thomas Fuller (1840)
"WILLIAM prude, Esquire, (vulgarly called Proud) was born in this city, where his stock have continued for some hundreds of years; bred a soldier in the Low ..."

6. The history of the worthies of England by Thomas Fuller (1840)
"WILLIAM prude, Esquire, (vulgarly called Proud) was born in this city, where his stock have continued for some hundreds of years; bred a soldier in the Low ..."

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