prude
Collocations
4ADJ.
old, prissy
VERB + PRUDE
am, says
PRUDE + NOUN
girl
ADV.
intellectually, such
Definitions
noun
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.
If you didn't go for Lila you're some kind of prissy old prude. If you did go for her you were some kind of dirty old man.
adj
Prudish.
name
A surname.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6He 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.
WiktionaryIf you didn't go for Lila you're some kind of prissy old prude. If you did go for her you were some kind of dirty old man.
WiktionaryHe's a prude.
Tatoeba · #1848852She's a prude.
Tatoeba · #1848853You're a prude.
Tatoeba · #1895633You are a prude.
Tatoeba · #1922773