\Pur"ist\, n. [Cf. F. puriste.]
1. One who aims at excessive purity or nicety, esp. in the
   choice of language.
         He [Fox] . . . purified vocabulary with a
         scrupulosity unknown to any purist.   --Macaulay.
2. One who maintains that the New Testament was written in
   pure Greek. --M. Stuart.