Prude

Name: American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 - Prude
Author: Noah Webster

PRUDE, n. [Gr. prudence.] A woman of great reserve, coyness, affected stiffness of manners and scrupulous nicety.

Less modest than the speech of prudes.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Prude," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed July 6, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CNA4XIEWWJJJC4D.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Prude." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 6 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CNA4XIEWWJJJC4D.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Prude' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 6 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CNA4XIEWWJJJC4D.