BUTTONED-UP


Meaning of BUTTONED-UP in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈbə-t ə nd-ˈəp ]

adjective

Date: 1936

: coldly reserved or standoffish

a buttoned-up executive

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.