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Grundy definition

Grundy (grun′dē)

noun

Grundy, Mrs. conventional social disapproval, prudishness, narrow-mindedness, etc.

Etymology: a neighbor repeatedly referred to (but never appearing) in Tom Morton's play Speed the Plough (1798) with the question “What will Mrs. Grundy say?”

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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