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Prudish

//ˈpɹuːdɪʃ// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of excessive propriety; easily offended or shocked, especially by sexual matters.

    "Near-synonyms: prim, priggish, prissy; straight-laced; puritanical"

Adjective
  1. 1
    exaggeratedly proper wordnet

Etymology

From prude + -ish.

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