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A prude is a person with a very sensitive attitude and narrowness towards custom and morality. [1] [2] The word prude comes from the Old French word prudefemme also prodefemme meaning loyal, respectable or modest woman, [3] which was the source of prude in the 18th century. [1]
[2] [3] Historically or most consistently, WASPs are of British descent, though the definition of WASP varies in this respect. [4] It was seen to be in exclusionary contrast to Catholics, Jews, Irish, immigrants, southern or eastern Europeans, and the non-White.
A prude is a person who is described as (or would describe themselves as) being concerned with decorum or propriety, significantly in excess of normal prevailing standards. Prude may also refer to: Pirate Prude, the 1994 debut EP by American indie rock band Helium; Ronnie Prude (born 1982), American football player
Allegory of pride, from c. 1590 –1630, engraving, 22.3 cm × 16.6 cm, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City). Pride is a human secondary emotion that constitutes a sense of satisfaction with one's identity, performance, or accomplishments.
Mrs Grundy is a figurative name for an extremely conventional or priggish person, [1] a personification of the tyranny of conventional propriety. [2] A tendency to be overly fearful of what others might think is sometimes referred to as grundyism. Mrs Grundy originated as an unseen character in Thomas Morton's 1798 five-act comedy Speed the ...
The cover of the 1888 edition of Goody Two-Shoes. The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes is a children's story published by John Newbery in London in 1765.The story popularized the phrase "goody two-shoes" as a descriptor for an excessively virtuous person or do-gooder. [1]
Victorian morality was a surprising new reality. The changes in moral standards and actual behaviour across the British were profound. Historian Harold Perkin wrote: ...
The prudent man rule is based on common law stemming from the 1830 Massachusetts court formulation Harvard College v. Amory. [1] The prudent man rule, written by Massachusetts Justice Samuel Putnam (1768–1853), directs trustees "to observe how men of prudence, discretion and intelligence manage their own affairs, not in regard to speculation, but in regard to the permanent disposition of ...