puritanical (redirected from puritanicalness)

pu·ri·tan·i·cal  (pyr-tn-kl)

adj.

1. Rigorous in religious observance; marked by stern morality.

2. Puritanical Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Puritans.

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puri·tani·cal·ly adv.

puri·tani·cal·ness n.

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puritanical [ˌpjʊərɪˈtænɪk^əl] less commonly, puritanic

adj

1. Usually disparaging strict in moral or religious outlook, esp in shunning sensual pleasures

2. (Christianity / Protestantism) (Historical Terms) (sometimes capital) of or relating to a puritan or the Puritans

puritanically  adv

puritanicalness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	puritanical - of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism
	2.	puritanical - exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts" prissy, prudish, square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, priggish, prim, victorian proper - marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners"
	3.	puritanical - morally rigorous and strict; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior" puritanic, blue nonindulgent, strict - characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint

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puritanical

adjective strict, forbidding, puritan, stuffy, narrow, severe, proper, stiff, rigid, disapproving, austere, fanatical, bigoted, prim, ascetic, narrow-minded, prudish, strait-laced He has a puritanical attitude towards sex.
liberal, tolerant, indulgent, permissive, hedonistic, broad-minded, latitudinarian

Translations

puritanical [ˌpjʊərɪˈtænɪkəl] ADJ → puritano

puritanical [ˌpjʊərɪˈtænɪk^əl] adj → puritain(e)

puritanical

adj → puritanisch

puritanical [ˌpjʊərɪˈtænɪk/əl] adj → puritano/a

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puritanical [ˌpjʊərɪˈtænɪk/əl] adj → puritano/a