prudish
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adjective \ˈprü-dish\Definition of PRUDISH
Examples of PRUDISH
- <by the prudish standards of the 19th century, any depiction of the nude was scandalous>
First Known Use of PRUDISH
1717
Related to PRUDISH
- Synonyms
- bluenosed, nice-nelly, prim, straitlaced, puritanical, Victorian
Rhymes with PRUDISH
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