prude

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

A person who is or tries to be excessively proper, especially one who is easily offended by matters of a sexual nature.

Adj

Prudish.

Sinonieme

puritan

straitlaced

prig

prudish

modest

old maid

politic

priggish

prim

prudent

sensible

snob

sound

🔉

priss

wise

advisable

tight laced

demure

hypocrite

level

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/pɹuːd/

Etimologie (Engels)

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.