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noun • a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum | ||||
| 36% | 4 | Prudish or overly modest | ||
adjective satellite • affectedly dainty or refined • exaggeratedly proper verb • assume a prim appearance • contract one's lips • dress primly | ||||
| 34% | 6 | About whom Churchill purportedly said "A modest man who has much to be modest about" | ||
noun • British statesman and leader of the Labour Party who instituted the welfare state in Britain (1883-1967) | ||||
One Overly Modest
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PRUDE which was last seen in the New York Times NYT crossword.
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