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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Puritanic(0.01639 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Puritanic.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: puritanic
puritanic
adj : 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, puritanical]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Puritanic
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.
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2. Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements;
strict; overscrupulous; rigid; -- often used by way of
reproach or contempt.
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Paritanical circles, from which plays and novels
were strictly excluded. --Macaulay.
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He had all the puritanic traits, both good and evil.
--Hawthorne.
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