Associations to the word «Puritanical»
Noun
- Upbringing
- Sunni
- Islam
- Abd
- Ultra
- Arabia
- Sect
- Sexuality
- Sabbath
- Puritan
- Streak
- Morality
- Attitude
- Spiritual
- Preacher
- Virtue
- Tendency
- Sex
- Divorce
- Ideal
- Muhammad
- Belief
- Religion
- Reform
- Revival
- Movement
- Alcohol
- Christianity
- Bin
- Tobacco
- View
- Follower
- Miles
- Dimension
- Genre
- Doctrine
- Society
- Interpretation
- Bible
- Nature
- Regime
- Poverty
- Victor
- Kind
- Culture
- Principle
- Habit
- Practice
- Era
- Critic
- Marriage
- Anti
- Measure
- Spirit
- Conflict
Adjective
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Wiktionary
PURITANICAL, adjective. Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice.
PURITANICAL, adjective. Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid; — often used by way of reproach or contempt.
PURITANICAL, noun. One who holds puritanical attitudes.
Dictionary definition
PURITANICAL, adjective. Of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism.
PURITANICAL, adjective. Exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts".
PURITANICAL, adjective. Morally rigorous and strict; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.