straight-laced
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straight-laced — straight′ laced′ adj. strait laced … From formal English to slang
straight-laced — [strāt′lāst΄] adj. STRAIT LACED (sense 2) … English World dictionary
straight-laced — adjective exaggeratedly proper my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn t approve of my miniskirts • Syn: ↑priggish, ↑prim, ↑prissy, ↑prudish, ↑puritanical, ↑square toed, ↑straitlaced, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
straight-laced — straight lacedly /strayt lay sid lee, layst lee/, adv. straight lacedness, n. /strayt layst /, adj. strait laced. * * * … Universalium
straight-laced — see strait laced … English dictionary
straight-laced — adjective variant spelling of strait laced … English new terms dictionary
straight-laced — UK / US See: strait laced … English dictionary
straight·laced — variant spelling of ↑straitlaced ↑straitlaced … Useful english dictionary
straight — straight, strait 1. Straight is a Middle English past participle of the verb stretch and has many meanings in modern English, primarily ‘extending uniformly in the same direction without a curve or bend’. Strait, which has the basic meaning… … Modern English usage
straight — {{11}}straight (adj.1) mid 14c., direct, undeviating, not crooked, properly that which is stretched, adj. use of O.E. streht (altered, by analogy with streccan, from earlier streaht), pp. of streccan to stretch (see STRETCH (Cf. stretch) (v.)).… … Etymology dictionary
