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PURITANICAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Morally rigorous and strict
Example:
blue laws
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
nonindulgent; strict (characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint)
Derivation:
puritan (someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures)
Puritanism (strictness and austerity in conduct and religion)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Exaggeratedly proper
Example:
my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
Synonyms:
priggish; prim; prissy; prudish; puritanical; square-toed; straight-laced; straightlaced; strait-laced; straitlaced; tight-laced; victorian
Classified under:
Similar:
proper (marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness)
Derivation:
puritan (a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism
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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
puritan (someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures)
Puritanism (the beliefs and practices characteristic of Puritans (most of whom were Calvinists who wished to purify the Church of England of its Catholic aspects))
Derivation:
Puritanism (strictness and austerity in conduct and religion)
