guindé — meaning in English
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English meaning
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prim
adj Stiffly formal, neat, and overly proper in manner or appearance.
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staid
adj Not capricious or impulsive; sedate, serious, sober.
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stilted
adj Making use of or possessing a stilt or stilts, or things resembling stilts; raised on stilts.
Senses
guindé is used for these senses in English:
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prim
(by extension) Of a person: Prudish; straight-laced.
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staid
Not capricious or impulsive; sedate, serious, sober.
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stilted
(figuratively) Elevated or raised in a contrived or unnatural way; stiff and artificially formal or pompous; also, depending on redundant, unnecessary elements.
prim — full definition
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adj Stiffly formal, neat, and overly proper in manner or appearance.
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verb To arrange one's expression or appearance to look prim.
staid — full definition
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adj Not capricious or impulsive; sedate, serious, sober.
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adj Always fixed in the same location; stationary.
