单词 | prudity |
释义 | prudityn. Prudish behaviour, attitudes, or character; = prudery n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affected propriety prudery1708 primness1713 priggery1743 priggism1753 prudishness1760 priggishness1768 missishness1839 missiness1857 prigdom1873 prudity1891 Comstockery1905 prighood1906 nice nellyism1933 prissiness1934 1891 ‘M. Maartens’ Old Maid's Love I. ix. 86 He recoiled equally from the one old woman's purity—prudity—and from the other old woman's vulgar innuendos. 1920 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 14 298 Parental prudity and time-honored custom kept adolescents in the dark concerning the devastating nature of these diseases. 1996 Independent (Nexis) 28 Jan. 22 Since the general tone of such publications is not noted for its prudity, the ads have that essential touch of innuendo. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1891 |
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