different between pryde vs prude

English

Noun

pryde (plural prydes)

1. Obsolete spelling of pride

Anagrams

• derpy, perdy, predy

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Verb

pryde (imperative pryd, present tense pryder, simple past and past participle pryda or prydet, present participle prydende)

1. to adorn
2. to decorate
3. to grace

References

• “pryde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

pryde (present tense prydar or pryder, past tense pryda or prydde, past participle pryda or prydt or prydd, present participle prydande, imperative pryd)

1. Alternative form of pryda

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