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pruine

pruine is the obsolete form of prune.

Meaning of prune

Noun

prune (plural prunes)

  1. (obsolete) A plum.
  2. The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum.
  3. (figuratively) Something wrinkly like a prune.
    • We are not free when we are in the grip of the false conditioning that decrees that we need sex. We are not free if we believe the culture's ominous warnings that we will become "horny" (what a callous, offensive word) and frustrated and neurotic and finally shrivel up into prunes and have to...1970, Dana Densmore, “Without You And Within You”, in No More Fun & Games, volume 4, page 55
  4. (slang) An old woman, especially a wrinkly one.

See all 12 meanings of prune

Forms of pruine

pluralpruines

Questions about pruine

What is pruine the obsolete form of?
Pruine is the obsolete form of prune.

Words near pruine in the dictionary

  1. Pruiett
  2. Pruietts
  3. Pruiksma
  4. pruina
  5. pruinate
  6. pruine
  7. pruines
  8. pruinescence
  9. pruinose
  10. pruinosed
  11. pruinosely

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