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Definition of Strait-laced
1. Adjective. Exaggeratedly proper. "My straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
Similar to: Proper
Derivative terms: Priggishness, Primness, Primness, Prudishness, Puritan
Definition of Strait-laced
1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of straight-laced) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strait-laced
Literary usage of Strait-laced
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"Of both which destinies our poor strait-laced Waugh may serve to us as an emblem
here. Some three years hence we find that the Cromwellian Government has, ..."
2. Ethics and Natural Law: A Reconstructive Review of Moral Philosophy Applied by George Lansing Raymond (1920)
"... Influence—Good Influence of Some Parents because not strait-laced—To Act
Morally, Mature Minds sometimes Need to Act Independently—Reverence, Respect, ..."
3. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1851)
"In th» indulgence of his spirit of fun he is anything but strait-laced as regards
the introduction of images and phrases which a fastidious person might ..."
4. The French Court and Society: Reign of Louis XVI and First Empire by Catherine Charlotte Jackson (1881)
"... and sentimentality—strait-laced people —The Comte de Perigord—A mystification—The
petits appartements—Absolution for the queen—The vox populi —Alas ..."
5. The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical by John Britton, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees, Thomas Hood, John Harris, Edward Wedlake Brayley (1813)
"... and strait laced dame«, and blushing damsels, and the whole etcetera of feudal
pomp and high minded chivalry paced its now deser'cd halls, where the bat ..."
6. Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: With Elucidations by Oliver Cromwell (1897)
"There ensued in the first place, very naturally, this, That the strait-laced
individual, who would not cease to pray publicly against the now Governing ..."
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