preuts

Meaning

  1. prudish, exaggeratedly proper, modest
  2. (Belgium) proud, haughty
  3. (obsolete) bold, daring; courageous
  4. (obsolete) vivid, lively, fiery, elated
  5. (obsolete) unchaste, immodest
  6. (archaic) noble, righteous

Concepts

prudish
prude
straitlaced
prissy
demure
demurely
squeamish
prim
priggish
queasily
queasy
stalwart
unchaste
missish
niminy-piminy
brave
uncowardly
buckram
chary
daring
doughty
lionhearted
mettlesome
modest
Synonyms

nuffig
zedig
kloek
boud
schuw
36k
stuurs
voorzichtig
A2

puriteins

karig
41k
Translations

prüde
bégueule
zimperlich
prude
mojigato

cartuchón

pudibundo
santurrón
pudibond
pudico
pudico

afetadamente pudico

γενναίος

γενναίο

mutig
Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/prøːts/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch
preus
In summary

From Middle Dutch preus, also prues, pruets, from Old French preux, proz, from Latin prōdest (“it is useful”).

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