MRS. GRUNDY


Meaning of MRS. GRUNDY in English

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

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