Meanings
grundy1
plural grundies
- A narrow-minded person or group that is overly concerned with censoring or criticizing personal conduct.
Synonyms: Mrs. Grundy
comparative grundier · superlative grundiest
- Overly concerned with censoring or criticizing personal conduct.
grundy2
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Grundy4
- A surname.
- A town, the county seat of Buchanan County, Virginia, United States.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA narrow-minded person or group that is overly concerned with censoring or criticizing personal conduct.
Origin
grundy · noun, adjective
Derived from Mrs. Grundy, a prudish character from the play Speed the Plough (1798) by the English playwright Thomas Morton.
Full word history & related roots →grundy · noun
Backformation from Grundies, an underwear brand name.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German Spießer, Biedermann
- Spießernarrow-minded person(s), censoring personal conduct
- Biedermannnarrow-minded person(s), censoring personal conduct
- Moralapostelnarrow-minded person(s), censoring personal conduct
- Moralhüternarrow-minded person(s), censoring personal conduct
- Sittenwächterinnarrow-minded person(s), censoring personal conduct
- Moralpredigerinnarrow-minded person(s), censoring personal conduct
- Spießigkeitthe tendency of society to criticize personal conduct
- Sittenstrengethe tendency of society to criticize personal conduct
- politische Korrektheitthe tendency of society to criticize personal conduct
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with grundy
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Cite this entry
grundy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grundy
“grundy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grundy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grundy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grundy.
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