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puritanical |
Overview of adj puritanical The adj puritanical has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, straightlaced, tight-laced, victorian -- (exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts") 2. blue, puritan, puritanic, puritanical -- (morally rigorous and strict; "blue laws"; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior") Antonyms of adj puritanical 2 senses of puritanical Sense 1 priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, straightlaced, tight-laced, victorian INDIRECT (VIA proper) -> improper Sense 2 blue(postnominal), puritan, puritanic, puritanical INDIRECT (VIA nonindulgent) -> indulgent Similarity of adj puritanical 2 senses of puritanical Sense 1 priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, straightlaced, tight-laced, victorian => proper (vs. improper) Sense 2 blue(postnominal), puritan, puritanic, puritanical => nonindulgent (vs. indulgent) Attributes of adj puritanical Familiarity of adj puritanical puritanical used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj puritanical puritanical Overview of adj puritanical The adj puritanical has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, straightlaced, tight-laced, victorian -- (exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts") 2. blue, puritan, puritanic, puritanical -- (morally rigorous and strict; "blue laws"; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior")
puritanical definition
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