Definition of prude in English:

prude

noun pruːdprud

A person who is or claims to be easily shocked by matters relating to sex or nudity.
（在性或裸露问题上）一本正经的人，故作正经的人
the sex was so ambiguous and romantic that none but a prude could find it objectionable
Example sentencesExamples
- He was neither a prude nor a Puritan, but he was scornful of self-indulgence, and though he earned a reputation as the champion of the poor, it was only of the deserving and never of the idle.
- I am not a prude and I am not shocked by violence or sexuality, but I am disgusted that these directors assume that their own neuroses are traits shared by all humans.
- Leland Ryken in his book on the Puritans, Worldly Saints, has shown by extensive quotes that the Puritans were anything but prudes about sex.
- Almodovar's films and stories are not for all, as I would assume the sexual content and subject matter would be frowned upon by some, but prudes aside this is a great movie.
- Ms Sheppard said: ‘People tend to think of the Victorians as prudes but this dress is quite revealing.’
Synonyms
puritan, prig, killjoy, moral zealot/fanatic, moralist, Mrs Grundy, Grundy, old maid, schoolmarm, pietist, Victorian, priggish person
North American bluenose
informal goody-goody, Goody Two-Shoes, holy Joe, holy Willie, Miss Prim

Derivatives

prudery

noun ˈpruːdəriˈprud(ə)ri

Like many modern Irish writers, Beckett resented the pettiness, prejudice and prudery of his country of birth.
Example sentencesExamples
- Isn't it just the continued impact of the liberal revolution of the 1960s which liberated us from the vestiges of Victorian prudery?
- I grew up in those supposedly halcyon days before World War II, and what I mainly remember was the repressive prudery in all matters sexual.
- It is also where the prudery of a later time has obviously crept in; the sculptures all seem lack-lustre and no sexual connotations are to be found here.
- Victorian prudery did the rest, followed in quick succession by an unhealthy determination to class sexual congress as obscene and therefore not to be discussed, far less celebrated.

Origin

Early 18th century: from French, back-formation from prudefemme, feminine of prud'homme 'good man and true', from prou 'worthy'.

The old French word prudefemme, which was applied to a modest and respectable woman, was the source of prude in the early 18th century. This was the female equivalent of French prud'homme ‘a good man and true’. The English word was used in a more negative sense than the French one, describing an excessively prim and demure woman, and is now applied to either sex.

Rhymes

allude, brood, collude, conclude, crude, delude, dude, elude, étude, exclude, extrude, exude, feud, food, illude, include, intrude, Jude, lewd, mood, nude, obtrude, occlude, Oudh, preclude, protrude, pseud, pultrude, rood, rude, seclude, shrewd, snood, transude, unglued, unsubdued, who'd, you'd

Definition of prude in US English:

prude

nounprudpro͞od

A person who is or claims to be easily shocked by matters relating to sex or nudity.
（在性或裸露问题上）一本正经的人，故作正经的人
the sex was so ambiguous and romantic that none but a prude could find it objectionable
Example sentencesExamples
- Ms Sheppard said: ‘People tend to think of the Victorians as prudes but this dress is quite revealing.’
- Almodovar's films and stories are not for all, as I would assume the sexual content and subject matter would be frowned upon by some, but prudes aside this is a great movie.
- He was neither a prude nor a Puritan, but he was scornful of self-indulgence, and though he earned a reputation as the champion of the poor, it was only of the deserving and never of the idle.
- Leland Ryken in his book on the Puritans, Worldly Saints, has shown by extensive quotes that the Puritans were anything but prudes about sex.
- I am not a prude and I am not shocked by violence or sexuality, but I am disgusted that these directors assume that their own neuroses are traits shared by all humans.
Synonyms
puritan, prig, killjoy, moral fanatic, moral zealot, moralist, mrs grundy, grundy, old maid, schoolmarm, pietist, victorian, priggish person

Origin

Early 18th century: from French, back-formation from prudefemme, feminine of prud'homme ‘good man and true’, from prou ‘worthy’.

词汇	prude
释义	Definition of prude in English: prude noun pruːdprud A person who is or claims to be easily shocked by matters relating to sex or nudity. （在性或裸露问题上）一本正经的人，故作正经的人 the sex was so ambiguous and romantic that none but a prude could find it objectionable Example sentencesExamples He was neither a prude nor a Puritan, but he was scornful of self-indulgence, and though he earned a reputation as the champion of the poor, it was only of the deserving and never of the idle. I am not a prude and I am not shocked by violence or sexuality, but I am disgusted that these directors assume that their own neuroses are traits shared by all humans. Leland Ryken in his book on the Puritans, Worldly Saints, has shown by extensive quotes that the Puritans were anything but prudes about sex. Almodovar's films and stories are not for all, as I would assume the sexual content and subject matter would be frowned upon by some, but prudes aside this is a great movie. Ms Sheppard said: ‘People tend to think of the Victorians as prudes but this dress is quite revealing.’ Synonyms puritan, prig, killjoy, moral zealot/fanatic, moralist, Mrs Grundy, Grundy, old maid, schoolmarm, pietist, Victorian, priggish person North American bluenose informal goody-goody, Goody Two-Shoes, holy Joe, holy Willie, Miss Prim Derivatives prudery noun ˈpruːdəriˈprud(ə)ri Like many modern Irish writers, Beckett resented the pettiness, prejudice and prudery of his country of birth. Example sentencesExamples Isn't it just the continued impact of the liberal revolution of the 1960s which liberated us from the vestiges of Victorian prudery? I grew up in those supposedly halcyon days before World War II, and what I mainly remember was the repressive prudery in all matters sexual. It is also where the prudery of a later time has obviously crept in; the sculptures all seem lack-lustre and no sexual connotations are to be found here. Victorian prudery did the rest, followed in quick succession by an unhealthy determination to class sexual congress as obscene and therefore not to be discussed, far less celebrated. Origin Early 18th century: from French, back-formation from prudefemme, feminine of prud'homme 'good man and true', from prou 'worthy'. The old French word prudefemme, which was applied to a modest and respectable woman, was the source of prude in the early 18th century. This was the female equivalent of French prud'homme ‘a good man and true’. The English word was used in a more negative sense than the French one, describing an excessively prim and demure woman, and is now applied to either sex. Rhymes allude, brood, collude, conclude, crude, delude, dude, elude, étude, exclude, extrude, exude, feud, food, illude, include, intrude, Jude, lewd, mood, nude, obtrude, occlude, Oudh, preclude, protrude, pseud, pultrude, rood, rude, seclude, shrewd, snood, transude, unglued, unsubdued, who'd, you'd Definition of prude in US English: prude nounprudpro͞od A person who is or claims to be easily shocked by matters relating to sex or nudity. （在性或裸露问题上）一本正经的人，故作正经的人 the sex was so ambiguous and romantic that none but a prude could find it objectionable Example sentencesExamples Ms Sheppard said: ‘People tend to think of the Victorians as prudes but this dress is quite revealing.’ Almodovar's films and stories are not for all, as I would assume the sexual content and subject matter would be frowned upon by some, but prudes aside this is a great movie. He was neither a prude nor a Puritan, but he was scornful of self-indulgence, and though he earned a reputation as the champion of the poor, it was only of the deserving and never of the idle. Leland Ryken in his book on the Puritans, Worldly Saints, has shown by extensive quotes that the Puritans were anything but prudes about sex. I am not a prude and I am not shocked by violence or sexuality, but I am disgusted that these directors assume that their own neuroses are traits shared by all humans. Synonyms puritan, prig, killjoy, moral fanatic, moral zealot, moralist, mrs grundy, grundy, old maid, schoolmarm, pietist, victorian, priggish person Origin Early 18th century: from French, back-formation from prudefemme, feminine of prud'homme ‘good man and true’, from prou ‘worthy’.
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