Word: prude
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...merely indecent; but to omit one simply on account of a word which is not used in society, is certainly straining the point a little. It is like the use of "limb" for "leg," "retire" for "go to bed," and other similar absurdities, and reminds me of Moliere's prude, who had the bare limbs in pictures carefully covered...