Associations to the word «Puritanical»

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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats