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Definition of Tight-laced
1. Adjective. Exaggeratedly proper. "My straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
Similar to: Proper
Derivative terms: Priggishness, Primness, Primness, Prudishness, Puritan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tight-laced
Literary usage of Tight-laced
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diseases of the Liver, Gall-bladder and Bile-ducts by Humphry Davy Rolleston (1904)
"tight-laced LIVER. Synonym: Corset Liver. Modifications in the shape of the liver
due to tight lacing, corsets, and belts are of course common in women, ..."
2. The Leisure Hour edited by William Haig Miller, James Macaulay, William Stevens (1894)
"Did you ever hear of a tight-laced baby ? If not you have often heard that babies
commonly get jaundice ? Now these two facts are allied ..."
3. The Book of Health by Malcolm Alexander Morris (1883)
"The tight-laced individual may be surrounded by plenty of oxygen, but so compressed
are her breathing organs that she cannot draw it into her lungs. ..."
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