pruden.adj.

Brit.

/pruːd/, U.S.

/prud/

Forms: 1600s proudè, 1600s prudè, 1700s– prude.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French prude.

Etymology: < French prude person who feigns modesty (1656), woman with an excessive or affected modesty regarding manners or propriety (1656: see note), back-formation < either preudhomme , prud'homme (see prudhomme n.) or preudefemme (see prudhomme n.), with alteration probably by association with prudent prudent adj. (the etymological connection of preudhomme with preux proud adj. having become obscure).French prude is earliest attested in a positive sense (reflecting the positive sense of its etymon): (as noun) wise, serious woman (1640), (as adjective) wise, serious (1651), but this has now been largely superseded by the negative sense.

Usually depreciative.

A. n.

A person (in early use esp. a woman) who has or affects an attitude of extreme propriety or modesty, esp. in sexual matters; an excessively prim person.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affected propriety > person > woman

mimp1603

prude1676

priggess1890

1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode iv. i. 61 Let her be what she will, I know how to take my Measures, in Paris the Mode is to flatter the Prudè, Laugh at the Faux-proudè, make serious love to The Demi-proudè, and only railly with the Coquetté.

1705 C. Cibber Careless Husband v. i. 48 For you I have..stood the little Insults of Disdainful Prudes, that envy'd me perhaps your Friendship.

1781 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (2003) IV. 447 He is an actual Male Prude.

1782 F. Burney Cecilia III. v. vii. 85 Mr. Harrel has told me..that however you played the prude, you would be his at last.

1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess Prol. 7 If our old halls could change their sex, and flaunt With prudes for proctors, dowagers for deans.

1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal III. x. 195 Prudes and puritans may disapprove our present form.

1948 T. Heggen Mister Roberts ii. 29 He was not a prude, but, coming from a middle-class family of a Boston suburb, he had deeply acquired a certain correctness of outlook which resembled prudishness.

1992 L. Gordon Shared Lives ii. 17 It's not a crime for a man to have a few drinks, and it's nothing to kiss a boy. Don't you be a prude.

B. adj.

Prudish; that has or affects an excessively modest, demure, or proper attitude in speech and behaviour, esp. with regard to sexual matters. Now rare.Now chiefly in the comparative and superlative.

ΚΠ

1710 D. Manley Mem. Europe II. iii. 324 I can't understand what you and my prude Cousin Aurelia, mean by being belov'd.

1752 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) II. 449 He is jealous, prude, and scrupulous.

1835 F. S. Mahony Silkworm in Wks. Father Prout (1881) 323 Fair ones, I ween, were not more prude and chaste.

1898 W. S. Gilbert Bab Ballads 471 Be she demurely prude Or languishingly lazy—My lady drives me crazy!

1900 H. G. Graham Social Life Scotl. 18th Cent. (1901) III. ii. 95 The prudest might go and enjoy Vanbrugh's Provoked Husband..under guise of innocently listening to Corelli's Sonatas.

1992 Times (Nexis) 20 Apr. (Features section) At first the leery nod-and-a-wink innuendoes caused some protest but his saucy music-hall delivery won over the pruder viewers.

2005 Fiji Times (Nexis) 15 Feb. 6 Programming on American TV stations is rather prude.

Derivatives

ˈprudelike adj. now rare characteristic of a prude; prudish.

ΚΠ

1719 Free-thinker No. 145. 2 The same idle Charms, by which the gay Pamphilus ensnared the prudelike Honoria.

1804 T. G. Fessenden Orig. Poems 160 Cease, cease your prude-like flirting.

2000 Entertainment Weekly (Nexis) 4 Feb. 59 Joey gets all prude-like,worrying that Dawson and Pacey are mingling with the wrong crowd.

prudely adv. rare. in a prudish manner; prudishly.

ΚΠ

1883 Mem. Alex. Maclean 125 Mock her not, ye prudely pure.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prude
释义	pruden.adj. Brit. /pruːd/, U.S. /prud/ Forms: 1600s proudè, 1600s prudè, 1700s– prude. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French prude. Etymology: < French prude person who feigns modesty (1656), woman with an excessive or affected modesty regarding manners or propriety (1656: see note), back-formation < either preudhomme , prud'homme (see prudhomme n.) or preudefemme (see prudhomme n.), with alteration probably by association with prudent prudent adj. (the etymological connection of preudhomme with preux proud adj. having become obscure).French prude is earliest attested in a positive sense (reflecting the positive sense of its etymon): (as noun) wise, serious woman (1640), (as adjective) wise, serious (1651), but this has now been largely superseded by the negative sense. Usually depreciative. A. n. A person (in early use esp. a woman) who has or affects an attitude of extreme propriety or modesty, esp. in sexual matters; an excessively prim person. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affected propriety > person > woman mimp1603 prude1676 priggess1890 1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode iv. i. 61 Let her be what she will, I know how to take my Measures, in Paris the Mode is to flatter the Prudè, Laugh at the Faux-proudè, make serious love to The Demi-proudè, and only railly with the Coquetté. 1705 C. Cibber Careless Husband v. i. 48 For you I have..stood the little Insults of Disdainful Prudes, that envy'd me perhaps your Friendship. 1781 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (2003) IV. 447 He is an actual Male Prude. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia III. v. vii. 85 Mr. Harrel has told me..that however you played the prude, you would be his at last. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess Prol. 7 If our old halls could change their sex, and flaunt With prudes for proctors, dowagers for deans. 1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal III. x. 195 Prudes and puritans may disapprove our present form. 1948 T. Heggen Mister Roberts ii. 29 He was not a prude, but, coming from a middle-class family of a Boston suburb, he had deeply acquired a certain correctness of outlook which resembled prudishness. 1992 L. Gordon Shared Lives ii. 17 It's not a crime for a man to have a few drinks, and it's nothing to kiss a boy. Don't you be a prude. B. adj. Prudish; that has or affects an excessively modest, demure, or proper attitude in speech and behaviour, esp. with regard to sexual matters. Now rare.Now chiefly in the comparative and superlative. ΚΠ 1710 D. Manley Mem. Europe II. iii. 324 I can't understand what you and my prude Cousin Aurelia, mean by being belov'd. 1752 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) II. 449 He is jealous, prude, and scrupulous. 1835 F. S. Mahony Silkworm in Wks. Father Prout (1881) 323 Fair ones, I ween, were not more prude and chaste. 1898 W. S. Gilbert Bab Ballads 471 Be she demurely prude Or languishingly lazy—My lady drives me crazy! 1900 H. G. Graham Social Life Scotl. 18th Cent. (1901) III. ii. 95 The prudest might go and enjoy Vanbrugh's Provoked Husband..under guise of innocently listening to Corelli's Sonatas. 1992 Times (Nexis) 20 Apr. (Features section) At first the leery nod-and-a-wink innuendoes caused some protest but his saucy music-hall delivery won over the pruder viewers. 2005 Fiji Times (Nexis) 15 Feb. 6 Programming on American TV stations is rather prude. Derivatives ˈprudelike adj. now rare characteristic of a prude; prudish. ΚΠ 1719 Free-thinker No. 145. 2 The same idle Charms, by which the gay Pamphilus ensnared the prudelike Honoria. 1804 T. G. Fessenden Orig. Poems 160 Cease, cease your prude-like flirting. 2000 Entertainment Weekly (Nexis) 4 Feb. 59 Joey gets all prude-like,worrying that Dawson and Pacey are mingling with the wrong crowd. prudely adv. rare. in a prudish manner; prudishly. ΚΠ 1883 Mem. Alex. Maclean 125 Mock her not, ye prudely pure. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). prudev. Brit. /pruːd/, U.S. /prud/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: prude n. Etymology: < prude n. rare. intransitive. To act prudishly; to affect prudish opinions, attitudes, etc. Also †transitive with it. ΚΠ 1736 R. Savage in Gentleman's Mag. June 348/1 To talk, to teaze, to simper or to sing; To prude it, to coquet it. 1848 Knickerbocker 32 475/2 I..Have blushed at a whisper; have pruded, Flirted, laughed, galloped and romped. 1923 U. L. Silberrad Lett. Jean Armiter ix. 194 Girls aren't brought up in cotton wool nowadays as you were. We do as we jolly well like! It's no good preaching and pruding. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1676v.1736
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pruden.adj.

Derivatives

prudev.