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prudery(dictionary)

prudery (iou)



prudery noun. E18.
[French pruderie, formed as PRUDE adjective & noun: see -ERY.]
The characteristic quality of a prude; prudish behaviour; an instance of this.
Sir W. Scott Her pruderies and her scruples. C. Rycroft Victorian morality, with its prudery..about sexual matters.