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Definition of Prudery
1. Noun. Excessive or affected modesty.
Generic synonyms: Modestness, Modesty
Derivative terms: Prim, Prim, Prudish
Definition of Prudery
1. n. The quality or state of being prudish; excessive or affected scrupulousness in speech or conduct; stiffness; coyness.
Definition of Prudery
1. Noun. The condition of being prudish; prudishness ¹
2. Noun. Prudish behaviour ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prudery
1. excessive regard for propriety, modesty, or morality [n -ERIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prudery
Literary usage of Prudery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Woman and Womanhood: A Search for Principles by Caleb Williams Saleeby (1911)
"Maternal ignorance, as we shall see later, is a natural fact of human kind, and
destroys infant life everywhere, though prudery be or be not a local ..."
2. Jonathan and His Continent: Rambles Through American Society by Max O'Rell, Jack Allyn (1889)
"HE New England descendants of the Puritans have inherited a more than British
prudery. Charles Dickens speaks, in his A meri- can Notes, ..."
3. Memoirs of Richard Cumberland by Richard Cumberland (1807)
"prudery. No. 5. « What is that stiff and stately thing I see ? " Of flesh and
blood like you and me, ..."
4. English Actors from Shakespeare to Macready by Henry Barton Baker (1879)
"... Audience—Her Arrogance and Avariciousness— Unpopularity—A Stormy Reception—In
Private Life—Her prudery—Realized Wishes—Time the Destroyer—Her Farewell— ..."
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