different between antisexualist vs prude

English

Etymology

From antisexual +? -ist.

Noun

antisexualist (plural antisexualists)

1. A person who is antisexual.

Synonyms

• (person who is antisexual): celibacist, erotophobe, genophobe

Derived terms

• antisexuality

English

Etymology

From French prude, from Old French prude, prode, feminine of prou, prod, prud (“good, excellent, brave”), from Latin. Related to proud but unrelated to prudent.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pro?od, IPA^(key): /p?u?d/
• Rhymes: -u?d

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.
   • 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, IV [Uniform ed., p. 62]:

     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.

Synonyms

• prig
• goody-goody
• puritan
• celibacist
• erotophobe
• antisexualist

Derived terms

• prudery
• prudish

Related terms

• proud

Translations

Further reading

• prude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• prude in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Adjective

prude (comparative more prude, superlative most prude)

1. Prudish.

Anagrams

• Dupre, drupe, duper, perdu, pured, red up, red-up

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?yd/

Adjective

prude (plural prudes)

1. prude

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ude

Verb

prude

1. third-person singular present indicative of prudere

Anagrams

• drupe

Old French

Adjective

prude

1. feminine singular of pruz