prudistn.
/ˈpruːdɪst/, U.S. /ˈprudəst/ rare.
A person who advocates or practises strict modesty or propriety, esp. in relation to sexual matters.
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1894 C. H. Cook Thames Rights 111 The prudists are simply blasphemous.
1908 Westm. Gaz. 12 May 5/1 Prudists to-day ask severely, ‘What are we coming to? Are we again to see the licence of the directoire period?’
1995 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 5 Feb. c3 Seeing the lady intercoursing with two fellows, I know what those KGB prudists would think.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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