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Meaning of PURITANICAL

Pronunciation:  `pyûri'tanikul

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 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  morally rigorous and strict; "blue laws"; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior"
  2. [adj]  exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
 
 Synonyms: blue(a), nonindulgent, priggish, prim, prissy, proper, prudish, puritan, puritanic, square-toed, straightlaced, straitlaced, tight-laced, victorian
 

 

 

 

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