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Purist : (noun)
1: someone who insists on great precision and correctness
(especially in the use of words)
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Purist : \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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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