noun
a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum
in that narrow atmosphere she hardened into a rigid, inhibited, censorious person--a thorough prude
Synonyms: bluenose, comstock, goody-goody, Grundy, Mrs. Grundy, nice Nelly, prig, puritan, ||wowser
Related Word: spoilsport, stick-in-the-mud, wet blanket; fuddy-duddy, old fogy, stuffed shirt; fussbudget, old maid
Contrasted words: freethinker, latitudinarian, libertarian