Hypertext Webster Gateway: "prudish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Prudish \Prud"ish\, a.
Like a prude; very formal, precise, or reserved; affectedly
severe in virtue; as, a prudish woman; prudish manners.
A formal lecture, spoke with prudish face. --Garrick.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
prudish
adj : exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't
approve of my miniskirts" [syn: {priggish}, {prim}, {prissy},
{puritanical}, {square-toed}, {straitlaced}, {straightlaced},
{tight-laced}, {victorian}]
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