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grundyism

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Grun⋅dy⋅ism

  [gruhn-dee-iz-uhm]
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–noun
1. a prudish adherence to conventionality, esp. in personal behavior.
2. (lowercase) an instance of such prudishness.
Origin:
1830–40; Grundy + -ism
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grundyism 
1836, from Mrs. Grundy, prudish character in Thomas Morton's 1798 play "Speed the Plow," play and playwright otherwise now forgotten, but the line "What would Mrs. Grundy say?" became proverbial.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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