PRUDISHNESS

Meaning of PRUDISHNESS in English

noun see: prudish

Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012

PRUDISHNESS — noun see prudish
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRUDISHNESS — n. modesty, humility; excess cautiousness, exaggerated carefulness; exaggerated propriety or formality of behavior
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PRUDISHNESS — see prudish
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRUDISHNESS — ➡ prudish
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRUDISHNESS — See main entry: ↑ prudish
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRUDISHNESS — see prudish
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRUDISHNESS — see prudish
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PRUDISHNESS — prudery [noun] [U] [disapproving]
Cambridge English vocab
PRUDISHNESS — ханжество
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PRUDISHNESS — ханжество
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PRUDISHNESS — ханжество
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PRUDISHNESS — ханжество
Англо-Русский словарь
PUDIBUNDITY — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈbəndəd.ē noun ( -es ) : prudishness
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PUDENCY — ˈpyüd ə nsē noun ( -es ) Etymology: Latin pudentia, from pudent-, pudens (present participle of pudēre to be ashamed) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NICETY — ˈnīsəd.ē, -ətē, -i noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English nicete (also, foolishness), from Middle French niceté foolishness, from nice …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NICE-NELLYISM — (ˈ)nīˈsnelēˌizəm noun ( -s ) Usage: often capitalized 2d N 1. : prudery , prudishness 2. : euphemism
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MRS. GRUNDY — -ˈgrəndē, -di noun ( plural mrs. grundys also mrs. grundies ) Usage: usually capitalized M&G Etymology: from Mrs. Grundy, character …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LECHERY
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VICTORIAN — /vik tawr"ee euhn, -tohr"-/ , adj. 1. of or pertaining to Queen Victoria or the period of her reign: Victorian …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRUDISH — — prudishly , adv. — prudishness , n. /prooh"dish/ , adj. 1. excessively proper or modest in speech, conduct, dress, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NICE-NELLYISM — /nuys"nel"ee iz'euhm/ , n. 1. excessive modesty; prudishness. 2. a euphemism: an evasive style of writing, full of circumlocutions and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NICE-NELLY — /nuys"nel"ee/ , adj. 1. characterized by prudishness or excessive modesty: The entrance of his nice-nelly friend stopped the flow of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NICE NELLY — /nel"ee/ 1. a person who professes or exhibits excessive modesty, prudishness, or the like: too much of a nice nelly …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GRUNDYISM — /grun"dee iz'euhm/ , n. 1. a prudish adherence to conventionality, esp. in personal behavior. 2. ( l.c. ) an instance …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SQUEAMISHNESS — n. prudishness, primness; fastidiousness; quality of being easily disgusted or nauseated
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GRUNDYISM — n. conventionalism, conservatism; prudishness, modesty
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VICTORIAN — ■ adjective relating to the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901). ↘relating to the attitudes and values associated with this period, …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PRUDISH
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRUDE — n. a person having or affecting an attitude of extreme propriety or modesty esp. in sexual matters. øøprudery n. (pl. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PRUDE — n. a person having or affecting an attitude of extreme propriety or modesty esp. in sexual matters. prudery n. (pl. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary

Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster

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