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Dec 29, 2009 This week's theme Words that have changed with time This week's words beldam prude quantum sycophant meticulous Works based on AWAD An ongoing soap opera, haiku, limericks & more Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg prude PRONUNCIATION: (prood) MEANING: noun: A person who is overly concerned with propriety or decorum. ETYMOLOGY: From Old French prudefemme (wise or good woman), feminine of prud'homme (wise man). The word prude once had positive connotations, but nowadays it is used only in a negative sense. USAGE: "I'm not a prude, by any means, but with all her talent, Mariah Carey doesn't need to use her bodacious bod to garner attention." Candace Hammond; TV News is Front and Center; Cape Cod Times (Hyannis, Massachusetts); Nov 6, 2009. Explore "prude" in the Visual Thesaurus. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: When I was in the military, they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one. -Leonard Matlovich, a gay Vietnam Veteran (1943-1988)

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