Strict

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late Middle English (in the sense ‘restricted in space or extent’): from Latin strictus, past participle of stringere ‘tighten, draw tight’.


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Borrowed from Latin strictus, past participle of stringere(“to draw tight, bind, contract”). Doublet of strait and stretto. See stringent, strain.


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strict (adj.)

early 15c., "narrow, drawn in, small," from Latin strictus "drawn together, close, tight," past participle of stringere (2) "to draw or bind tight" (see strain (v.)). The sense of "stringent and rigorous" (of law) is first found in 1570s; of qualities or conditions generally, 1590s.