OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 19023

prudish

/ˈpɹuːdɪʃ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cartuchón • gazmoño • mojigato • pacato • pudibundo • santurrón • timorato
Of excessive propriety; easily offended or shocked, especially by sexual matters.
Near-synonyms: prim, priggish, prissy; straight-laced; puritanical
Young people who are close to writing off the Democratic Party as a dinosaur, as a gerontocracy of prudish abuelos who gave birth by immaculate conception, may be in for a pleasant…
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