Prude

Pronunciation

• enPR: proÍžod, IPA: /pruːd/
• Rhymes: -uːd

Origin

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

Full definition of prude

Noun

1. A person who is or tries to be excessively proper, especially one who is easily offended by matters of a sexual nature.
• 1991, Robert M. Pirsig, Lila, If you didn't go for Lila you're some kind of prissy old prude. If you did go for her you were some kind of dirty old man.

Synonyms

• prig
• goody-goody
• puritan
• celibacist
• erotophobe
• antisexualist

Derived terms

• prudery
• prudish

Related terms

• proud

Anagrams

• drupe, duper, perdu