Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

strait-laced

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.12 in modern English

Syllables: strait-laced
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Bound with stays.

adj

Alternative spelling of straight-laced.

Example Sentences

"And if women were themselves to frame the bodies of their children in their wombs, as they 4 often endeavour to mend their shapes when they are out, we should as certainly have no perfect children born, as we have few well-shaped that are strait-laced, or much tampered with."
"Juryman. My lord, I desire to know whether her stays were laced? Dell. Yes, she was laced. Mr. Cowper. If I take you right, you say she was strait-laced? Dell. Her stays were laced."
"High she was in the instep, but short in the heel; strait-laced, but loose-bodied."

Inflected Forms

more strait-laced (comparative) most strait-laced (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

straitjacket

Synonyms

priggish prim prissy prudish puritanical square-toed straitlaced straightlaced straight-laced tight-laced victorian

Questions

What does strait-laced mean?: Bound with stays.

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