EGAVE

prudish

About 0.19 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Of excessive propriety; easily offended or shocked, especially by sexual matters.

Similar words

priggish prim square-toed puritanical straightlaced tight-laced straitlaced proper victorian prissy

Often followed by

and about in or as to than attitude victorian

Word family

prudishly prudishness prudishnesses

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