Puritan

noun

/ˈpjɔːɹɪtən/

Word Frequency: 3.6

Definitions

1.noun(often disapproving) a puritanical person

2.adjective(often disapproving) acting or behaving according to the Puritan morals (e.g. propagating modesty), especially with regard to pleasure, nudity and sex

Synonyms

prude puritanical nonindulgent blue puritanic prig ascetic pietist rigorist moralist killjoy abstainer

Rhymes With

brochure written buret in curate in jurat in murat in secure written seurat in

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