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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: purist (0.00865 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to purist.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: purist
purist
n : someone who insists on great precision and correctness
(especially in the use of words)
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Purist
Purist
\Pur"ist\, n. [Cf. F. puriste.]
1. One who aims at excessive purity or nicety, esp. in the
choice of language.
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He [Fox] . . . purified vocabulary with a
scrupulosity unknown to any purist. --Macaulay.
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2. One who maintains that the New Testament was written in
pure Greek. --M. Stuart.
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