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31Victorian — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [An historical designation] Syn. early Victorian, mid Victorian, late Victorian, nineteenth century. 2. [Conventional] Syn. stuffy, strait laced, mawkish; see prudish . 3. [Decorated] Syn. flowery, patterned, resplendent; …
32prig — [prıg] n [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Probably from prig showy man (17 19 centuries), perhaps from prig tinker, thief (16 19 centuries)] someone who behaves in a morally good way and shows that they disapprove of the way other people behave used to… …
33prudish — adj coy, demure, reserved, modest, over modest; squeamish, queasy; priggish, old maidish, Inf., Derog. nunny. See also priggish(def. 1) …
34stiff — adj 1. rigid, firm, unpliable, inflexible, unmalleable, unbending, unyielding, resistant; impervious, impenetrable, impregnable, repelling, unassailable, rugged; brittle, crisp, dried out, Inf. stiff as a board. 2.(all of a person or animal)… …
35priggishly — adverb in a priggish manner this professor acts so priggishly like a moderator with a gavel! • Derived from adjective: ↑priggish …
36prudish — adjective exaggeratedly proper my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn t approve of my miniskirts • Syn: ↑priggish, ↑prim, ↑prissy, ↑puritanical, ↑square toed, ↑straitlaced, ↑strait laced, ↑ …
37square-toed — adjective 1. exaggeratedly proper my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn t approve of my miniskirts • Syn: ↑priggish, ↑prim, ↑prissy, ↑prudish, ↑puritanical, ↑straitlaced, ↑strait laced, ↑ …
38straight-laced — adjective exaggeratedly proper my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn t approve of my miniskirts • Syn: ↑priggish, ↑prim, ↑prissy, ↑prudish, ↑puritanical, ↑square toed, ↑straitlaced, ↑ …
39straightlaced — adjective exaggeratedly proper my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn t approve of my miniskirts • Syn: ↑priggish, ↑prim, ↑prissy, ↑prudish, ↑puritanical, ↑square toed, ↑straitlaced, ↑ …
40strait-laced — adjective exaggeratedly proper my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn t approve of my miniskirts • Syn: ↑priggish, ↑prim, ↑prissy, ↑prudish, ↑puritanical, ↑square toed, ↑straitlaced, ↑ …
