• adj.
    ⦿exaggeratedly proper
    lexical concept
  • my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechadjective satellite
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:straightlaced
  2. enl:straitlaced
  3. enl:tight-laced
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wn:interlingual indexili:i10318

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skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:label
  • priggishprimprissyprudishpuritanicalsquare-toedstraight-lacedstraightlacedstrait-lacedstraitlacedtight-lacedvictorian
  • priggishprimprudishstraight-lacedstraightlacedstrait-lacedstraitlacedtight-lacedvictorian