prudishadj.

Brit.

/ˈpruːdɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈprudɪʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prude n., -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < prude n. + -ish suffix¹.

1. Of a person: having the character of a prude; excessively or affectedly demure or modest; excessively concerned with sexual propriety. Of a thing, esp. a remark, attitude, etc.: expressing or denoting excessive concern for sexual propriety or modesty.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affectedly proper

moy1487

strait-laced1554

mima1586

prim1702

prick-eared1707

prudish1717

priggish1731

primsy1786

trig1793

missish1795

missy1805

pershittie1808

missyish1818

missy-like1831

primmy1857

pruney and prismatic (or prismy)1857

antiseptic1891

blue-nosed1893

prissy1894

Nice Nelly1922

prissified1923

prunes and prismy1931

1717 T. Purney Full Enq. True Nature of Pastoral ii. iii. 37 Of this kind is a Prudish Character, or excessively reserved.

1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. ii. v. 199 Did you ever hear, Madam, any thing so prudish as her Remarks? Well, deliver me from the Censoriousness of such a Prude.

1766 C. Anstey New Bath Guide xv. iii. 101 A prudish old Maid, By Gaiety brought to Despair.

1804 M. Edgeworth Contrast i, in Pop. Tales III. 5 Fanny was neither prudish nor censorious.

1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope ii. 38 We need not be prudish in our judgment of impassioned poetry.

1931 Nation (N.Y.) 23 Dec. 702 Harris, the exhibitionistic satyr, finally worried the prudish Shaw into giving him a statement concerning the latter's sex life.

1993 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 30 Aug. 2/5 [The] vice president of the New England Naturists, says his group is a victim of prudish prejudice.

2003 R. Khan Rainbow Hands (e-book, accessed2 May 2006) 68 The headscarf is seen as something prudish, but for us it is our beauty.

†2. figurative. Of a thing: extremely prim, formal, or rigid. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 9 The trees are planted in prudish rows.

1867 Atlantic Monthly Jan. 22 There was a parlor in the house, a room To make you shudder with its prudish gloom.

1886 Edinb. Rev. 163 133 A verse, not fettered in its movements, or prudish in its expressions.

Compounds

prudish-looking adj.

ΚΠ

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan II. 176 The window was..set full of nice, prudish-looking..quaker flowers.

1902 Atlanta (Georgia) Constit. 9 Mar. He contents himself with snowballing some prudish looking youth who is out for a walk with his mother.

2001 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch (Nexis) 30 May 1 e The prudish-looking, bespectacled brunette on the face of one of the cards.

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

单词	prudish
释义	prudishadj. Brit. /ˈpruːdɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈprudɪʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prude n., -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < prude n. + -ish suffix¹. 1. Of a person: having the character of a prude; excessively or affectedly demure or modest; excessively concerned with sexual propriety. Of a thing, esp. a remark, attitude, etc.: expressing or denoting excessive concern for sexual propriety or modesty. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affectedly proper moy1487 strait-laced1554 mima1586 prim1702 prick-eared1707 prudish1717 priggish1731 primsy1786 trig1793 missish1795 missy1805 pershittie1808 missyish1818 missy-like1831 primmy1857 pruney and prismatic (or prismy)1857 antiseptic1891 blue-nosed1893 prissy1894 Nice Nelly1922 prissified1923 prunes and prismy1931 1717 T. Purney Full Enq. True Nature of Pastoral ii. iii. 37 Of this kind is a Prudish Character, or excessively reserved. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. ii. v. 199 Did you ever hear, Madam, any thing so prudish as her Remarks? Well, deliver me from the Censoriousness of such a Prude. View more context for this quotation 1766 C. Anstey New Bath Guide xv. iii. 101 A prudish old Maid, By Gaiety brought to Despair. 1804 M. Edgeworth Contrast i, in Pop. Tales III. 5 Fanny was neither prudish nor censorious. 1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope ii. 38 We need not be prudish in our judgment of impassioned poetry. 1931 Nation (N.Y.) 23 Dec. 702 Harris, the exhibitionistic satyr, finally worried the prudish Shaw into giving him a statement concerning the latter's sex life. 1993 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 30 Aug. 2/5 [The] vice president of the New England Naturists, says his group is a victim of prudish prejudice. 2003 R. Khan Rainbow Hands (e-book, accessed2 May 2006) 68 The headscarf is seen as something prudish, but for us it is our beauty. †2. figurative. Of a thing: extremely prim, formal, or rigid. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 9 The trees are planted in prudish rows. 1867 Atlantic Monthly Jan. 22 There was a parlor in the house, a room To make you shudder with its prudish gloom. 1886 Edinb. Rev. 163 133 A verse, not fettered in its movements, or prudish in its expressions. Compounds prudish-looking adj. ΚΠ 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan II. 176 The window was..set full of nice, prudish-looking..quaker flowers. 1902 Atlanta (Georgia) Constit. 9 Mar. He contents himself with snowballing some prudish looking youth who is out for a walk with his mother. 2001 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch (Nexis) 30 May 1 e The prudish-looking, bespectacled brunette on the face of one of the cards. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1717
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