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Dec 29, 2009
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PRONUNCIATION:
(prood)
MEANING:
noun:
A person who is overly concerned with propriety or decorum.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Old French prudefemme (wise or good woman), feminine of prud'homme
(wise man). The word prude once had positive connotations, but nowadays
it is used only in a negative sense.
USAGE:
"I'm not a prude, by any means, but with all her talent, Mariah Carey
doesn't need to use her bodacious bod to garner attention."Candace Hammond; TV News is Front and Center; Cape Cod Times (Hyannis, Massachusetts); Nov 6, 2009. See more usage examples of prude in Vocabulary.com's dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
When I was in the military, they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one. -Leonard Matlovich, a gay Vietnam Veteran (1943-1988)
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