Puritanical Definition
pyo͝orĭ-tănĭ-kəl
adjective
Rigorous in religious observance; marked by stern morality.
American Heritage
Of the Puritans or Puritanism.
Webster's New World
Extremely or excessively strict in matters of morals and religion.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- puritanic
- blue
- straitlaced
- tight-laced
- straight-laced
- straightlaced
- square-toed
- victorian
- strait-laced
- prudish
- prissy
- prim
- priggish
- stern
- austere
noun
One who holds puritanical attitudes.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Puritanical
Noun
Singular:
puritanical
Plural:
puritanicalsOrigin of Puritanical
-
Formation from puritan and -ical suffix to produce definition 1.
From Wiktionary
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