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