puritan
adjective/ˈpjʊərɪtən/
/ˈpjʊrɪtən/
- Puritanconnected with the Puritans and their beliefsTopics Religion and festivalsc2
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- (also puritanical)(usually disapproving) having very strict moral attitudes
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from late Latin puritas ‘purity’ + -an.
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