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English Dictionary: puritanical	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for puritanical
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
puritanical adj of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts" Synonym(s): priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight- laced, victorian morally rigorous and strict; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior" Synonym(s): blue(a), puritanic, puritanical
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puritanic \Pu`ritan"ic\, Puritanical* \Pu`ritan"ical\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice. 2. Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid; -- often used by way of reproach or contempt. Paritanical circles, from which plays and novels were strictly excluded. --Macaulay. He had all the puritanic traits, both good and evil. --Hawthorne.