prudist
(ˈpruːdɪst)
[f. prude + -ist.]
One who makes a principle or practice of strict propriety.
| 1894 C. H. Cook Thames Rights 111 The prudists are simply blasphemous. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 12 May 5/1 Prudists to-day ask severely, ‘What are we coming to? Are we again to see the licence of the directoire period?’ |