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English
Etymology
From Middle French preudhommie; later reborrowed from French prud’homie.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɹuːdɒmi/, /pɹuːdəˈmiː/
Noun
prudhommie (uncountable)
- (rare, now historical) Character typical of a prudhomme; trustworthiness, loyalty.
1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.12:Shall I say thus much by the way? That I see a certaine image of bookish or scholastical preud'hommie onely, which is in a maner in use amongst us, held and reputed in greater esteeme than it deserveth, and which is but a servant unto precepts, brought under by hope, and constrained by fear?