Prude
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- n.过分守礼的人
- ［英］ n.过分守礼的人 ( a person who is excessively attentive to propriety or decorum)
- ［记］ prud ( 小心) ＋e -> 小心之人;
- ［同］ 参考: prudent ( 小心的) ; prudence ( 谨慎)
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
noun
- Etymology: French, good woman, prudish woman, short for prudefemme good woman, from Old French prode femme
- Date: 1704
- a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum; especially a woman who shows or affects extreme modesty
