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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 ]
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.
The seven capital virtues, also known as seven lively virtues, contrary or remedial virtues, are those opposite the seven deadly sins. They are often enumerated as chastity , temperance , charity , diligence , kindness , patience , and humility .
LibriVox recording by Karen Savage. Pride and Prejudice is the second novel by English author Jane Austen, published in 1813.A novel of manners, it follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the protagonist of the book, who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and comes to appreciate the difference between superficial goodness and actual goodness.
Police officers shown on body camera video holding Daniel Prude down naked and handcuffed on a city street last winter until he stopped breathing will not face criminal charges, according to a ...
New York's attorney general said Sunday that her office will begin "proactively" releasing police body camera video when unarmed civilians die at the hands of officers, a move prompted by the ...
Pride is the opposite of humility. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] C. S. Lewis writes in Mere Christianity that pride is the "anti-God" state, the position in which the ego and the self are directly opposed to God: "Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness and all that, are mere fleabites in comparison: it was through Pride that Lucifer became wicked: Pride leads ...
In March 2020, Prude's family called police after he ran out of their home and into freezing weather amid what seemed to be a mental health crisis. Video of the incident made public months later ...