HyperDic: square-toed

English > 2 senses of the word square-toed:
ADJECTIVEallsquare-toed, priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorianexaggeratedly proper
allsquare-toed, squared-toehaving a square toe
English > square-toed: 2 senses > adjective 1
Meaningexaggeratedly proper.
Synonymspriggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian
Broaderpropermarked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
Spanishgazmoño, mojigato, pudibundo, puritano, remilgado
English > square-toed: 2 senses > adjective 2
MeaningHaving a square toe.
Example"square-toed shoes"
Synonymsquared-toe
BroadertoedHaving a toe or toes of a specified kind

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