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Puritanical - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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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, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced,
straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian]
3: morally rigorous and strict; "blue laws"; "the puritan work
ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was
anything but puritanical in her behavior" [syn: blue(a),
puritan, puritanic]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
2. Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements;
strict; overscrupulous; rigid; -- often used by way of
reproach or contempt.
Paritanical circles, from which plays and novels
were strictly excluded. --Macaulay.
He had all the puritanic traits, both good and evil.
--Hawthorne.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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