prude/pɹuːd/EtymologyFrom French prude, from Old French prude, prode, feminine of prou, prod, prud (“good, excellent, brave”), from Latin prōde. Related to proud but unrelated to prudent.prude means Prudish. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 69 out of 100.adjPrudish.nameA surname.nounA person who is or tries to be excessively proper, especially one who is easily offended by matters of a sexual nature.“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.”