puritan
Acting or behaving according to the Puritan morals, especially with regard to…Acting or behaving according to the Puritan morals (e.g. propagating modesty), especially with regard to pleasure, nudity and sex; ascetic.
» I hate bigots, puritans and hypocrites.
Meaning
1 senses(derogatory, usually)Acting or behaving according to the Puritan morals (e.g. propagating modesty), especially with regard to pleasure, nudity and sex; ascetic.
puritanisch
пурита́нскийpuritánskij
Examples
10 sentencesI hate bigots, puritans and hypocrites.
Olga is such a puritan, she won't even swear.
Jerome won't have sex with you, he's a total puritan.
The laws of this country are based on puritan values.
Call me old-fashioned, but I see myself as a puritan.
Translations
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Origin
See Puritan.See Puritan.
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Forms
more puritan, most puritan| Comparative | more puritan Lesson |
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Synonyms
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4 related wordsLessons for this word
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