Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prudify

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: prud-i-fy
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make prudish.

Example Sentences

"Nor was he wrong, as far as regarded Gertrude and himself; Miss Freemantle soon forgetting her strange gallants, their hoped-for proposals, and the anticipated delight of weighing, and calculating and prudifying, previous to the magnanimous finale of rejection."
"Of course, what was available to those literates was shaped by a complex of academics, journalizing mandarins, puffing publishers, and alternately propagandistic (read this) and prudifying (don't read that) politics."

Etymology

From prude + -ify.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: prude

Inflected Forms

prudifies (present, singular) prudifying (participle, present) prudified (participle, past) prudified (past)

Questions

What does prudify mean?: To make prudish.
Where does prudify come from?: From prude + -ify.

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