单词 | faux-prude |
释义 | † faux-pruden. Obsolete. rare. A person who simulates prudishness. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affected propriety > person > man faux-prude1676 1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode iv. i. 61 In Paris the Mode is to flatter the Prudè, Laugh at the Faux-proudè. 1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. 180 This faux Prude..scorns to own the least Acquaintance in Publick, nor will return a civil Salute to those, whose lesser Vices are not crown'd as eminently with Fortune's Favours as her own. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1676 |
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