square-toed

• Устаревшее прилагательное, описывающее человека, который чрезмерно консервативен, формален или придерживается строгих правил в поведении и манерах.

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.

   Чрезмерно правильный

   • 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.

   Синонимыconventionalformalfuddy-duddyold-fashionedpriggishprimproperprudishpuritanicalrigidstaidstodgystrait-lacedstrictstuffyuptightvictorian

   Антонимыhipmoderntrendy

2. Having a square toeB2formal

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

   С квадратным носком

   • 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.