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PRUDE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does prude mean?

• PRUDE (noun)
The noun PRUDE has 1 sense:

1. a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum

Familiarity information: PRUDE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PRUDE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

prude; puritan

Hypernyms ("prude" is a kind of...):

disagreeable person; unpleasant person (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)

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