{i} pious person, self-righteous person; excessively modest or humble person; one who behaves in an exaggeratedly proper manner
disapproval If you call someone a prude, you mean that they are too easily shocked by things relating to sex. someone who is very easily shocked by anything relating to sex - used to show disapproval (from prudefemme , from prode femme)
disapproval If you describe someone as prudish, you mean that they are too easily shocked by things relating to sex. I'm not prudish but I think these photographs are obscene. + prudishness prud·ish·ness Older people will have grown up in a time of greater sexual prudishness. = prudery. very easily shocked by things relating to sex - used to show disapproval