Pronunciation: - ' gr ə n-d ē
Function: noun
Etymology: from a character alluded to in Thomas Morton's Speed the Plough (1798)
Date: 1813
: one marked by prudish conventionality in personal conduct
Pronunciation: - ' gr ə n-d ē
Function: noun
Etymology: from a character alluded to in Thomas Morton's Speed the Plough (1798)
Date: 1813
: one marked by prudish conventionality in personal conduct
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012