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Comstockian

adj

Comstockian

adj

Etymology From Comstock + -ian, named after American politician and postal inspector Anthony Comstock (1844–1915).

1

Of or relating to Anthony Comstock (1844–1915), United States postal inspector and politician dedicated to ideas of Victorian morality.

  • Comstockian prudishness

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.