prude

noun · adjectiveA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

prudes

1.
A person who is or tries to be excessively proper, especially one who is easily offended by matters of a sexual nature.
He became shy. "I hadn't meant to tell you. It's not quite for a lady." For, like most men who are rather animal, he was intellectually a prude.

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more prude

Superlative

most prude

1.
Prudish.

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Đồng nghĩa

antisexualistcelibacisterotophobegoody-goodyprig puritan

Cùng gốc / liên quan

prudelikeprudenessprudificationprudifyprudismprudely prudery prudish prudist proud

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Nguồn gốc từ

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