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| | | | | prude | (n) a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum, Syn. puritan | | prudence | (n) discretion in practical affairs, Ant. imprudence | | prudent | (adj) careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment, Ant. imprudent, Example: a prudent manager; prudent rulers; prudent hesitation; more prudent to hide than to fight | | prudential | (adj) arising from or characterized by prudence especially in business matters, Example: he abstained partly for prudential reasons | | prudently | (adv) in a prudent manner, Syn. providentially, Ant. imprudently, Example: I had allotted my own bedroom for necking, prudently removing both the bed and the key, and taken both myself and my typewriter into my son's bedroom. | | prudhoe bay | (n) a bay on the northern coast of Alaska where oil was discovered in 1968 | | prudishly | (adv) in a prudish manner, Syn. puritanically, Example: she acts prudishly, but I wonder whether she is really all that chaste | | prumnopitys | (n) mostly dioecious evergreen conifers; leaves are softer than in Podocarpus, Syn. genus Prumnopitys | | prune | (n) dried plum | | prune cake | (n) moist cake containing prunes that have been made into a puree |
| | Pruce | n. [ OE. for Prussia: cf. F. Prusse. ] Prussian leather. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Prude | n. [ F., prudish, originally, discreet, modest; shortened from OF. prudefeme, preudefeme, a discreet or excellent woman; OF. preu, prou, excellent, brave + de of + fete woman. See Prow, a., Prowess. ] A woman of affected modesty, reserve, or coyness; one who is overscrupulous or sensitive; one who affects extraordinary prudence in conduct and speech. [ 1913 Webster ] Less modest than the speech of prudes. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Prudence | n. [ F., fr. L. prudentia, contr. from providentia. See Prudent, and cf. Providence. ] The quality or state of being prudent; wisdom in the way of caution and provision; discretion; carefulness; hence, also, economy; frugality. [ 1913 Webster ] Prudence is principally in reference to actions to be done, and due means, order, seasons, and method of doing or not doing. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ] Prudence supposes the value of the end to be assumed, and refers only to the adaptation of the means. It is the relation of right means for given ends. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ] Syn. -- Wisdom; forecast; providence; considerateness; judiciousness; discretion; caution; circumspection; judgment. See Wisdom. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Prudency | n. Prudence. [ Obs. ] Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Prudent | a. [ L. prudens, -entis, contr. from providens: cf. F. prudent. See Provident. ] 1. Sagacious in adapting means to ends; circumspect in action, or in determining any line of conduct; practically wise; judicious; careful; discreet; sensible; -- opposed to rash; as, a prudent man; dictated or directed by prudence or wise forethought; evincing prudence; as, prudent behavior. [ 1913 Webster ] Moses established a grave and prudent law. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Frugal; economical; not extravagant; as, a prudent woman; prudent expenditure of money. [ 1913 Webster ] Syn. -- Cautious; wary; circumspect; considerate; discreet; judicious; provident; economical; frugal. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Prudential | n. That which relates to or demands the exercise of, discretion or prudence; -- usually in the pl. [ 1913 Webster ] Many stanzas, in poetic measures, contain rules relating to common prudentials as well as to religion. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Prudential | a. 1. Proceeding from, or dictated or characterized by, prudence; prudent; discreet; sometimes, selfish or pecuniary as distinguished from higher motives or influences; as, prudential motives. “ A prudential line of conduct.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Exercising prudence; discretionary; advisory; superintending or executive; as, a prudential committee. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Prudentialist | n. One who is governed by, or acts from, prudential motives. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Prudentiality | n. The quality or state of being prudential. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Prudentially | adv. In a prudential manner; prudently. South. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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