| Prude (n.) A woman of affected modesty, reserve, or coyness; one who is overscrupulous or sensitive; one who affects extraordinary prudence in conduct and speech. Thesaurus Entries Lord Fauntleroy, Pecksniffian, Percy, Tartuffian, Tartuffish, Victorian, affected, bluenose, canting, chicken, cream puff, effeminate, elegant, euphemistic, euphuistic, exquisite, FALSE, formalistic, goody, goody good-good, holier-than-thou, hypocritic, hypocritical, insincere, lily, mealymouthed, mid-Victorian, milksop, mincing, mollycoddle, namby-pamby, nance, nancy, oily, old maid, old woman, overnice, overprecise, overrefined, pantywaist, pedantic, pharisaic, pharisean, pietistic, pious, precieuse, precious, precisian, precisianistic, precisionistic, prig, prude, puristic, puritan, sanctified, sanctimonious, self-righteous, simon-pure, simpering, sissy, sniveling, unctuous, weak sister |