Adjective : PURITANICAL
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism ;
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2. (
- priggish ,
- prim ,
- prissy ,
- prudish ,
- puritanical ,
- square-toed ,
- straitlaced ,
- strait-laced ,
- straightlaced ,
- straight-laced ,
- tight-laced ,
- victorian
) exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts" ;
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3. (
) morally rigorous and strict; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior"; "blue laws" ;
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