■ noun a person who is easily shocked by matters relating to sex or nudity.
Derivatives
~ry noun
Origin
C18: from Fr., back-form. from ~femme , feminine of prud'homme 'good man and true'.
PRUDE
Meaning of PRUDE in English
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004