1. Affected scrupulousness; excessive nicety in conduct; coyness.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• probery,
• proder,
• prder,
• primery,
• protery,
• prader,
• prefery,
• prodegy,
• prudly,
• predory,
• preder,
• prery,
• pruder,
• pruddery,
• prudry,
• prudey,
• prudury,
• prudary,
• trunery,
• druery

• pretermit,
• prather,
• preterist,
• prodromal,
• prodrome,
• preterite,
• prater,
• prodromic,
• prodroma,
• pradier,
• protrude,
• preterit.

The adjective form of the word "prudery" is "prudish".

The plural of the "prudery" can be the "pruderies".

The singular of the "prudery" can be the "prudery".