puritanic
puritanic is the archaic form of puritanical.
Meaning of puritanical
Adjective
puritanical (comparative more puritanical, superlative most puritanical)
- Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice.
- The host proposed divers puritanical fancies—nay, once hinted at a head of Cromwell himself; but the hostess overruled all these proposals, and stood firm by the Sun.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 192
- Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid (often used by way of reproach or contempt).
- 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...1901 August – 1902 April, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “First Report of Dr. Watson”, in The Hound of the Baskervilles: Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes, London: George Newnes, […], published 1902...
Adjective capitalized: Puritanic
Puritanic (comparative more Puritanic, superlative most Puritanic)
- Alternative letter-case form of puritanic.
- Lucy, who had only seen her in either the large loose wrapping dress of serge, or in the quaint simplicity of the Puritanic garb, then so general in England, could not restrain an exclamation of admiration as she returned to their chamber.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 110
- This personage prefigured and represented in his aspect the whole dismal severity of the Puritanic code of law, which it was his business to administer in its final and closest application to the offender.1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Market-Place”, in The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC, page 62
Forms of puritanic
| comparative | more puritanic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most puritanic |
| alternative form | Puritanic |
| comparative | more Puritanic |
| superlative | most Puritanic |
Origin of puritanic
From puritan + -ic.
Questions about puritanic
- What is puritanic the archaic form of?
- Puritanic is the archaic form of puritanical.
- What part of speech is puritanic?
- Puritanic is an adjective.
Words near puritanic in the dictionary
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