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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: strait-laced (0.01767 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to strait-laced.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: strait-laced strait-laced adj : exaggeratedly proper; “my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts” [syn: priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Strait-laced Strait-laced \Strait"-laced`\, a. 1. Bound with stays. [1913 Webster] Let nature have scope to fashion the body as she thinks best; we have few well-shaped that are strait-laced. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 2. Restricted; stiff; constrained. [R.] --Fuller. [1913 Webster] 3. Rigid in opinion; strict in manners or morals. [1913 Webster]
English → English (WordNet) Definition: strait-laced strait-laced adj : exaggeratedly proper; “my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts” [syn: priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Strait-laced Strait-laced \Strait"-laced`\, a. 1. Bound with stays. [1913 Webster] Let nature have scope to fashion the body as she thinks best; we have few well-shaped that are strait-laced. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 2. Restricted; stiff; constrained. [R.] --Fuller. [1913 Webster] 3. Rigid in opinion; strict in manners or morals. [1913 Webster]
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