Prude Definition

pro͝od
prudes
noun
prudes
A person who is overly modest or proper in behavior, dress, or speech, esp. in a way that annoys others.
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Other Word Forms of Prude

Noun

Singular:
prude
Plural:
prudes

Origin of Prude

  • French back-formation (influenced by prudent prudent) from prud'homme, preudhomme man of merit, virtuous man (from Old French prozdome, preud'ome) (proz, preu valiant, virtuous) (from Vulgar Latin prōdis) (from Latin prōde advantageous proud) (de of) (home man) or obsolete French preudefemme woman of merit, virtuous woman (from Old French prodefemme) (formed from femme woman) (on the model of prozdome, preud'ome man of merit)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French prude, from Old French prude, prode, feminine of prou, prod, prud (“good, excellent, brave"), from Latin. Related to proud but unrelated to prudent.

    From Wiktionary

Prude Sentence Examples

  • Were you afraid I was too much of a prude to acknowledge him?

  • Don't go prude on me, Ben.

  • Was she being a prude?

  • Maybe there was someone else – someone more sophisticated and not so much of a prude.

  • No wonder he thought she was a prude.

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Words Starting With

PPRPRU

Words Ending With

EDEUDE

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