PRUDE


Meaning of PRUDE in English

[prude] n [F, good woman, prudish woman, short for prudefemme good woman, fr. OF prode femme] (1704): a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum; esp: a woman who shows or affects extreme modesty

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