/grun"dee/
Felix , 1777-1840, American politician: senator 1829-38, 1839-40; attorney general 1838-39.
— Grundyist, Grundyite , n.
/grun"dee/ , n. Mrs .
a narrow-minded, conventional person who is extremely critical of any breach of propriety.
[ after Mrs. Grundy, a character mentioned in the play Speed the Plough (1798) by Thomas Morton (1764?-1838), English playwright ]