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Prudentialist
n.
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One who is governed by, or acts from, prudential motives.
Prudentiality
n.
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The quality or state of being prudential.
Prudentially
adv.
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In a prudential manner; prudently.
Prudently
adv.
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In a prudent manner.
Pruderies
pl.
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of Prudery
Prudery
n.
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The quality or state of being prudish; excessive or affected scrupulousness in speech or conduct; stiffness; coyness.
Prudhomme
n.
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A trustworthy citizen; a skilled workman. See Citation under 3d Commune, 1.
Prudish
a.
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Like a prude; very formal, precise, or reserved; affectedly severe in virtue; as, a prudish woman; prudish manners.
Prudishly
adv.
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In a prudish manner.
Pruinate
a.
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Same as Pruinose.
Pruinose
a.
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Frosty; covered with fine scales, hairs, dust, bloom, or the like, so as to give the appearance of frost.
Pruinous
a.
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Frosty; pruinose.
Pruned
imp. & p. p.
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of Prune
Pruning
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Prune
Prune
v. t.
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To lop or cut off the superfluous parts, branches, or shoots of; to clear of useless material; to shape or smooth by trimming; to trim: as, to prune trees; to prune an essay.
Prune
v. t.
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To cut off or cut out, as useless parts.
Prune
v. t.
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To preen; to prepare; to dress.
Prune
v. i.
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To dress; to prink; -used humorously or in contempt.
Prune
n.
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A plum; esp., a dried plum, used in cookery; as, French or Turkish prunes; California prunes.
Prunella
n.
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Angina, or angina pectoris.
Prunella
n.
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Thrush.
Prunella
n.
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Alt. of Prunello
Prunello
n.
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A smooth woolen stuff, generally black, used for making shoes; a kind of lasting; -- formerly used also for clergymen's gowns.
Prunelle
n.
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A kind of small and very acid French plum; -- applied especially to the stoned and dried fruit.
Prunello
n.
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A species of dried plum; prunelle.
Pruner
n.
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One who prunes, or removes, what is superfluous.
Pruner
n.
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Any one of several species of beetles whose larvae gnaw the branches of trees so as to cause them to fall, especially the American oak pruner (Asemum moestum), whose larva eats the pith of oak branches, and when mature gnaws a circular furrow on the inside nearly to the bark. When the branches fall each contains a pupa.
Pruniferous
a.
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Bearing plums.
Pruning
n.
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The act of trimming, or removing what is superfluous.
Pruning
n.
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That which is cast off by bird in pruning her feathers; leavings.