square-toed

• Adjetivo que describe a una persona excesivamente conservadora, formal o rígida en su comportamiento y modales, aferrada a tradiciones o reglas estrictas. También puede referirse a algo obsoleto o anticuado en estilo o actitud.

An old-fashioned adjective describing someone who is excessively conventional, formal, or conservative in behavior or manners.

1. Exaggeratedly properC1informal

   Having or showing very strict, conventional, or old-fashioned manners and attitudes.

   Exageradamente formal

   • His square-toed views on dating made him unpopular at parties.
   • She gave a square-toed speech about the importance of tradition.
   • The old professor was known for his square-toed approach to literature.

   Sinónimosconventionalformalfuddy-duddyold-fashionedpriggishprimproperprudishpuritanicalrigidstaidstodgystrait-lacedstrictstuffyuptightvictorian

   Antónimoshipmoderntrendy

2. Having a square toeB2formal

   Describes a shoe or boot that has a toe box shaped like a square.

   de punta cuadrada

   • He wore a pair of square-toed leather boots.
   • Square-toed shoes were fashionable in the 1990s.
   • The cobbler specialized in making square-toed footwear.