STRAIGHTLACED
or STRAITLACED

PRONUNCIATION: (STRAYT-layst)

MEANING: adjective: Excessively strict, rigid, old-fashioned, or prudish.

ETYMOLOGY: From Middle English streit (narrow), from Old French estreit, from Latin strictus, past particle of stringere (to bind, draw tight) + laqueus (noose). Earliest documented use: 1630.
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STRAINLACED - wearing an EXTREMELY tight corset

STRAIGHTLACKED - poker player went bust

STRAIGHTLAXED - booked non-stop to Los Angeles