From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Puritanic \Pu`ri*tan"ic\, Puritanical \Pu`ri*tan"ic*al\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines
and practice.
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2. Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements;
strict; overscrupulous; rigid; -- often used by way of
reproach or contempt.
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Paritanical circles, from which plays and novels
were strictly excluded. --Macaulay.
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He had all the puritanic traits, both good and evil.
--Hawthorne.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
puritanical
adj 1: of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism
2: exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't
approve of my miniskirts" [syn: {priggish}, {prim}, {prissy},
{prudish}, {puritanical}, {square-toed}, {straitlaced},
{strait-laced}, {straightlaced}, {straight-laced}, {tight-
laced}, {victorian}]
3: morally rigorous and strict; "the puritan work ethic";
"puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but
puritanical in her behavior" [syn: {blue(a)}, {puritanic},
{puritanical}]
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