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prudes

prudes is the plural of prude.

Meaning of prude

Noun

prude (plural prudes)

  1. A person who is or tries to be excessively proper, especially one who is easily offended by matters of a sexual nature.
    • He became shy. "I hadn't meant to tell you. It's not quite for a lady." For, like most men who are rather animal, he was intellectually a prude.1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, IV [Uniform ed., p. 62]

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Proper noun capitalized: Prudes

Prudes

  1. (plural) plural of Prude

Questions about prudes

What is prudes the plural of?
Prudes is the plural of prude.
What part of speech is prudes?
Prudes is a proper noun.

Words near prudes in the dictionary

  1. prudentials
  2. Prudentian
  3. prudently
  4. pruderies
  5. prudery
  6. prudes
  7. Prudhoe
  8. Prudhoe Bay
  9. prudhomme
  10. prudhommes
  11. prudhommie

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