Heard Word

I may have been mistaken, but I thought I heard RW use the word, "jurisprude," in class today. Given that he wasn't referring to someone who "makes an ostentatious show of learning in jurisprudence," he may have been, in fact, acting like a jurisprude simply by using the term. I'm going to call him out on it tomorrow. I'll let you know if fisticuffs result.

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Definition - Noun
[back-formation (influenced by prude) from jurisprudence]
: an individual who makes ostentatious show of learning in jurisprudence and the philosophy of law or who regards legal doctrine with undue solemnity or veneration might long and profoundly debate the question of which was the greater right and which was the lesser ­Howell v. State, 425 A.2d 1361 (1981)>
Pronunciation'ju'r-&s-"prüd