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Latest revision as of 22:19, 2 June 2024
See also: Grundy
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Derived from Mrs. Grundy, a prudish character from the play Speed the Plough (1798) by the English playwright Thomas Morton.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]grundy (plural grundies)
- A narrow-minded person or group that is overly concerned with censoring or criticizing personal conduct.
Translations
[edit]narrow-minded person(s), censoring personal conduct
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the tendency of society to criticize personal conduct
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Adjective
[edit]grundy (comparative grundier, superlative grundiest)
- Overly concerned with censoring or criticizing personal conduct.
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]grundy (plural grundies)
- (metallurgy) Granulated or shotted pig iron.
Etymology 3
[edit]Backformation from Grundies, an underwear brand name.
Noun
[edit]grundy (plural grundies)
- (Australia, New Zealand, UK, slang) A pair of underpants
See also
[edit]Categories:
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English adjectives
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- British English
- English slang
- English eponyms
- English terms derived from fiction
- en:British fiction
- en:Fictional characters
- en:Iron
- en:People
- en:Personality
- en:Underwear