prude
noun
a person who is excessively proper or modest in speech, conduct, dress, etc.
prudes
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pluralof prude.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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If 2018 prudes want to interpret the lyrics as something else; the problem obviously lies in their own minds not in the original lyrics.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 12, 2018
Evolutionary ornithologist Richard O. Prum says the theory was distorted by Victorian prudes.
From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2018
Anybody who begrudged her that beer given the conflagration raiding her leg would qualify for a hall of fame of prudes.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2018
The prudes who wrote the Production Code that reined in Hollywood’s incipient salaciousness early in the sound era certainly suspected as much.
From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2014
They sound like prudes, which, considering their oeuvre at Truman, strikes me as more than a little ironic.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
