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Word: Prune
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English: from Old French, via Latin from Greek prou(m)non ‘plum’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
pruːn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a plum preserved by drying and having a black, wrinkled appearance.
Short Definition:plum preserved by drying
Definition:
an unpleasant or disagreeable person
Short Definition:unpleasant or disagreeable person
Examples:- he was a good leader, but a right miserable old prune
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