English
Etymology
Formation from puritan and -ical suffix to produce definition 1.
Pronunciation
IPA: WEAE /pj�.ɪ.tæn.ɪ.kl/ or /-ik.l̩/
Adjective
- Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice.
- Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid; — often used by way of reproach or contempt.
Quotations
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Mrs. Barrymore is of interest to me. She is a heavy, solid person,
very limited, intensely respectable, and inclined to be puritanical.
You could hardly conceive a less emotional subject. Yet I have
told you how, on the first night here, I heard her sobbing bitterly,
and since then I have more than once observed traces of tears upon
her face. Some deep sorrow gnaws ever at her heart. Sometimes
I wonder if she has a guilty memory which haunts her, and sometimes
I suspect Barrymore of being a domestic tyrant. I have always
felt that there was something singular and questionable in this
man's character, but the adventure of last night brings all my
suspicions to a head.
<BR>— A. Conan Doyle in The Hound of the Baskervilles
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