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Grun⋅dy

[gruhn-dee]
–noun
Mrs., a narrow-minded, conventional person who is extremely critical of any breach of propriety.

Origin:
after Mrs. Grundy, a character mentioned in the play Speed the Plough (1798) by Thomas Morton (1764?–1838), English playwright


Grun⋅dy⋅ist, Grun⋅dy⋅ite, noun
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