- starchy, stiff, buckram - rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality"
Antonym: informal (indirect, via formal)
- buckram - a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing
--1 is a kind of fabric, cloth, material, textile
Derived form: verb buckram1
- buckram - stiffen with or as with buckram; "buckram the skirt"
--1 is one way to stiffen
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun buckram1
Somebody ----s something