"grundy" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: EN-AU ck1 grundy.ogg [Australia] Forms: grundier [comparative], grundiest [superlative]
Etymology: Derived from Mrs. Grundy, a prudish character from the play Speed the Plough (1798) by the English playwright Thomas Morton. Head templates: {{en-adj|grundier|sup=grundiest}} grundy (comparative grundier, superlative grundiest)
  1. Overly concerned with censoring or criticizing personal conduct.
    Sense id: en-grundy-en-adj-1V3jYLGP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Audio: EN-AU ck1 grundy.ogg [Australia] Forms: grundies [plural]
Etymology: Derived from Mrs. Grundy, a prudish character from the play Speed the Plough (1798) by the English playwright Thomas Morton. Head templates: {{en-noun}} grundy (plural grundies)
  1. A narrow-minded person or group that is overly concerned with censoring or criticizing personal conduct. Categories (topical): People, Personality Translations (narrow-minded person(s), censoring personal conduct): Spießer [masculine] (German), Biedermann [masculine] (German), Moralapostel [masculine] (German), Mo­ral­hü­ter [masculine] (German), Sittenwächterin [feminine] (German), Mo­ral­pre­di­ge­rin [feminine] (German) Translations (the tendency of society to criticize personal conduct): Spießigkeit [feminine] (German), Sit­ten­stren­ge [dated, feminine] (German), politische Korrektheit [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-grundy-en-noun-THy9x-BR Disambiguation of People: 1 67 6 26 Disambiguation of Personality: 13 64 12 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: grundies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} grundy (plural grundies)
  1. (metallurgy) Granulated or shotted pig iron. Categories (topical): Metallurgy, Fictional characters, Iron
    Sense id: en-grundy-en-noun-NnI3PPR6 Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 18 15 46 22 Disambiguation of Iron: 9 9 64 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 10 55 23 Topics: engineering, metallurgy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

Forms: grundies [plural]
Etymology: Backformation from Grundies, an underwear brand name. Head templates: {{en-noun}} grundy (plural grundies)
  1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, slang) A pair of underpants Tags: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, slang Categories (topical): British fiction, Underwear Related terms: grundies
    Sense id: en-grundy-en-noun-TcLyPkeI Disambiguation of British fiction: 18 16 27 38 Disambiguation of Underwear: 6 18 9 68 Categories (other): Australian English, British English, New Zealand English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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