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grundyite

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Grun⋅dy

  [gruhn-dee]
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–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

Related forms:
Grun⋅dy⋅ist, Grun⋅dy⋅ite, noun
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