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puritán — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • prig noun A person who is smugly self-righteous about proper behaviour, to an irritating degree.
  • puritan noun A person who is extremely strict about morals, especially concerning pleasure or sex.

Senses

puritán is used for these senses in English:

  • Puritan A member of a particular Protestant religious sect advocating greater purity and piety.
  • prig A deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.
  • puritan (usually, derogative) A puritanical person.

puritan — full definition

  1. noun A person who is extremely strict about morals, especially concerning pleasure or sex.
  2. noun Historically, a member of a Protestant movement that sought simpler worship and stricter morality.

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