Prudentially
Pru‐den″tial‐ly (?), adv. In a prudential manner; prudently. South.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Prudently
Pru″dent‐ly (?), adv. In a prudent manner.
Prudery
Prud″er‐y (?), n.; pl.Pruderies (#). [F. pruderie. See Prude.] The quality or state of being prudish; excessive or affected scrupulousness in speech or conduct; stiffness; coyne...
Prudhomme
Prud‐homme″ (?), n. [F. prud'homme. cf. Prude.] A trustworthy citizen; a skilled workman. See Citation under 3d Commune, 1.
Prudish
Prud″ish (?), a. Like a prude; very formal, precise, or reserved; affectedly severe in virtue; as, a prudish woman; prudish manners.A formal lecture, spoke with prudish face. Ga...
Prudishly
Prud″ish‐ly, adv. In a prudish manner.
Pruinate
Pru″i‐nate (?), a. Same as Pruinose.
Pruinose
Pru″i‐nose′ (?), a. [L. pruinosus, fr. pruina hoarfrost.] Frosty; covered with fine scales, hairs, dust, bloom, or the like, so as to give the appearance of frost.
Pruinous
Pru″i‐nous (?), a. Frosty; pruinose.
Prune
Prune (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Pruned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Pruning.] [OE. proine, probably fr. F. provigner to lay down vine stocks for propagation; hence, probably, the meaning, ...
Prune (2)
Prune, v. i. To dress; to prink; -used humorously or in contempt. Dryden.
Prune (3)
Prune, n. [F. prune, from L. prunum a plum. See Plum.] A plum; esp., a dried plum, used in cookery; as, French or Turkish prunes; California prunes.German prune(Bot.), a large d...
Prunella
‖Pru‐nel″la (?), n. [NL., perhaps from G. bræune quinsy, croup.] (Med.) (a) Angina, or angina pectoris. (b) Thrush.Prunella salt(Old Chem.), niter fused and cast into little balls.
Prunella (2)
{ Pru‐nel″la, Pru‐nel″lo, } n. [F. prunelle, probably so called from its color resembling that of prunes. See Prune, n.] A smooth woolen stuff, generally black, used for making ...
Prunelle
Pru‐nelle″ (?), n. [F., dim. of prune. See Prune, n.] A kind of small and very acid French plum; — applied especially to the stoned and dried fruit.
Prunello (2)
Pru‐nel″lo (?), n. [F. prunelle, dim. of prune. See Prune a plum.] A species of dried plum; prunelle.
Pruner
Prun″er (?), n. 1. One who prunes, or removes, what is superfluous.2. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of beetles whose larvæ gnaw the branches of trees so as to cause them to...
Pruniferous
Pru‐nif″er‐ous (?), a. [L. prunum a plum + -ferous.] Bearing plums.
Pruning
Prun″ing (?), n. 1. The act of trimming, or removing what is superfluous.2. (Falconry) That which is cast off by bird in pruning her feathers; leavings. Beau. & Fl.Pruning hook,...
Prunus
‖Pru″nus (?), n.(Bot.) A genus of trees with perigynous rosaceous flowers, and a single two-ovuled carpel which usually becomes a drupe in ripening.☞ Originally, this genus was ...
Prurience
{ Pru″ri‐ence (?), Pru″ri‐en‐cy (?), } n. The quality or state of being prurient.The pruriency of curious ears. Burke.There is a prurience in the speech of some. Cowper.
Prurient
Pru″ri‐ent (?), a. [L. pruries, -entis, p. pr. of prurire to itch. Cf. Freeze.] Uneasy with desire; itching; especially, having a lascivious curiosity or propensity; lustful. — ...
Pruriginous
Pru‐rig″i‐nous (?), a. [L. pruriginosus: cf. F. prurigineux.] (Med.) Tending to, or caused by, prurigo; affected by, or of the nature of, prurigo.
Prurigo
‖Pru‐ri″go (?), n. [L., an itching, the itch, fr. prurire to itch.] (Med.) A papular disease of the skin, of which intense itching is the chief symptom, the eruption scarcely di...
Pruritus
‖Pru‐ri″tus (?), n.(Med.) Itching.
Prussian
Prus″sian (?), a. [From Prussia, the country: cf. F. prussien.] Of or pertaining to Prussia. — n. A native or inhabitant of Prussia.Prussian blue(Chem.), any one of several comp...
Prussiate
Prus″si‐ate (?), n. [Cf. F. prussiate.] (Chem.) A salt of prussic acid; a cyanide.Red prussiate of potash. See Potassium ferricyanide, under Ferricyanide. — Yellow prussiate of ...