puritanical

Meanings

Plural: puritanicals

Adjective

• of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism

Adjective Satellite

• exaggeratedly proper
• morally rigorous and strict
  • "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior"

Adj

• Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice.
• Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid (often used by way of reproach or contempt).

Noun

• One who holds puritanical attitudes.

Synonyms

blue, priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanic, square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, victorian

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