Grundy

¹ American  

[gruhn-dee] / ˈgrʌn di /

noun

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

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Grundy ² American  

[gruhn-dee] / ˈgrʌn di /

noun

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

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Grundy British  

/ ˈɡrʌndɪ /

noun

1. a narrow-minded person who keeps critical watch on the propriety of others

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Other Word Forms

• Grundyism noun
• Grundyist noun
• Grundyite noun

Etymology

Origin of Grundy

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

Example Sentences

However, Grundy does point out that reverse watering takes longer than traditional watering methods, so you might not be able to do it all the time.

From Salon

“Using pandemic relief money to open new charter schools is an insult to the public school teachers who have worked tirelessly since March 2020 to keep public schools open,” said Brown, a high school English teacher in rural Grundy County.

From Seattle Times

Subsequently, a rogues’ gallery of Batman’s most notorious foes are also broken out by Two-Face and Solomon Grundy to wreak havoc on the city and muddle Batman and his team’s ultimate task at hand.

From Washington Times

And Quinn Grundy, an assistant professor with the University of Toronto's Faculty of Nursing who studies corporate influence on science and health care, said the arrangement might seem like a win-win: "Clorox wants to sell disinfecting things, and there's germs out in the world, and we're in the middle of a germy pandemic, and probably disinfecting's good, and this might help us communicate with a lot of people."

From Salon

But the interests of those three organizations, Grundy added, may not always be aligned — something that becomes clearer as the scientific evidence shifts.

From Salon