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prude

UK/pɹuːd/ US/ˈprud/ uncommon

noun

Origin

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.

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