prude
Plural: prudes
Noun
- A person who is excessively concerned with propriety or modesty.
- a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
- A person who is or tries to be excessively proper, especially one who is easily offended by matters of a sexual nature.
Adj
- Prudish.
Examples
- The Scrabble purist was a prude about using slang words, even if they were valid.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Synonyms
puritan, antisexualist, bluenose, celibacist, erotophobe, goody two shoes, goody-goody, killjoy, moralist, prig, priss
Scrabble Score: 8
prude: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordprude: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
prude: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary