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Grundy

1

[ gruhn-dee ]

noun

  1. Felix, 1777–1840, American politician: senator 1829–38, 1839–40; attorney general 1838–39.


Grundy

2

[ gruhn-dee ]

noun

  1. Mrs., a narrow-minded, conventional person who is extremely critical of any breach of propriety.

Grundy

/ ˈɡʌԻɪ /

noun

  1. a narrow-minded person who keeps critical watch on the propriety of others
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈҰܲԻ⾱, noun
  • ˈҰܲԻˌ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • Ұܲd· Ұܲd·ٱ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Grundy1

After Mrs. Grundy, a character mentioned in the play Speed the Plough (1798) by Thomas Morton (1764?–1838), English playwright
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Grundy1

C18: named after Mrs Grundy, the character in T. Morton's play Speed the Plough (1798)
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Example Sentences

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It was a warm February night when an ominous message popped into Hannah Grundy's inbox in Sydney.

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The tour, which will being in the autumn and run throughout next year, will also take in the Sainsbury Centre in Norwich, South Shields Museum and Art Gallery and the Grundy Art Gallery in Blackpool.

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Barry Island's finest will appear in the centenary celebrations on New Year's Day, alongside the likes of Dame Ellen MacArthur and The Archers' Eddie Grundy.

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UHS chief medical officer Paul Grundy said: "We are proud to be at the heart of the research that will hopefully lay the foundations for others in the near future."

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"If Eris and Makemake hosted, or perhaps could still host warm, or even hot, geochemistry in their rocky cores, cryovolcanic processes could then deliver methane to the surfaces of these planets, perhaps in geologically recent times," said Dr. Will Grundy, an astronomer at Lowell Observatory, one of Glein's co-authors and lead author of a companion paper.

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