prude
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Nobody wants to be unsophisticated, or a prude.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
Anthony Comstock, the chief prude for whom the act is named, was an enthusiastic book-banner and suffragist-opposer.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2024
Anthony Comstock, a 19th-century crusader against sexual liberty, was mocked as a prude in his own time, but wielded real power.
From New York Times • May 16, 2023
Rivera’s not a prude; he will utter an expletive into the microphone if the occasion calls for it.
From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2022
But he told the joke well, and Perry, though he was in some measure a prude, could not help laughing, as always.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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