释义 |
mrs. grun·dy \-ˈgrəndē, -di\ noun (plural mrs. grundys also mrs. grundies) Usage: usually capitalized M&G Etymology: from Mrs. Grundy, character alluded to in the play Speed the Plough (1798) by Thomas Morton died 1838 English playwright : a person marked by a narrowly conventional outlook or by prudishness or by stiff intolerance of any breach of propriety |