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Prudery   /prˈudəri/   Listen
Prudery

noun
(pl. pruderies)
1.
Excessive or affected modesty.  Synonyms: Grundyism, primness, prudishness.





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"Prudery" Quotes from Famous Books



... struck by these words, spoken with the glad unrestraint that always carries a woman further than she intended, just as prudery often lends her greater cruelty than she feels. For the first time since that glance, which had, in a way, been the beginning of their friendship, Caroline and Roger had the same idea; though they did not express it, they felt it at the ...
— A Second Home • Honore de Balzac


Words linked to "Prudery" :   modestness, modesty


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