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strait-laced
[streyt-leyst] 
–adjective
| 1. | excessively strict in conduct or morality; puritanical; prudish: strait-laced censors. |
| 2. | tightly laced, as a bodice. |
| 3. | wearing tightly laced garments. |
Also, straight-laced.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME
1400–50; late ME
Related forms:
strait-lac⋅ed⋅ly [streyt-ley-sid-lee, -leyst-lee] , adverb
[streyt-ley-sid-lee, -leyst-lee] , adverb strait-lac⋅ed⋅ness, noun
strait-lace
[streyt-leys] –verb (used with object), -laced, -lac⋅ing.
| to bind, confine, or restrain with or as if with laces. |
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| strait-laced or straight-laced (strāt'lāst') adj.
[strait, tightly (obsolete) + -laced (from lace).] strait'-lac'ed·ly (-lā'sĭd-lē, -lāst'lē) adv., strait'-lac'ed·ness n. |
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Strait-laced
Strait"-laced`\, a. 1. Bound with stays. Let nature have scope to fashion the body as she thinks best; we have few well-shaped that are strait-laced. --Locke. 2. Restricted; stiff; constrained. [R.] --Fuller. 3. Rigid in opinion; strict in manners or morals.
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Language Translation for : strait-laced
Spanish:
puritano,
German:
sittenstreng,
Japanese:
厳格な
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