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puritanlike

puritanlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a puritan.

Adjective (1)

puritanlike (comparative more puritanlike, superlative most puritanlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a puritan.

Adjective (2) capitalized: Puritanlike

Puritanlike (comparative more Puritanlike, superlative most Puritanlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a Puritan.

Forms of puritanlike

comparativemore puritanlike
superlativemost puritanlike
comparativemore Puritanlike
superlativemost Puritanlike

Origin of puritanlike

From puritan + -like.

From Puritan + -like.

Questions about puritanlike

What does puritanlike mean?
Puritanlike means resembling or characteristic of a puritan.
What part of speech is puritanlike?
Puritanlike is an adjective.

Words near puritanlike in the dictionary

  1. puritanized
  2. puritanizer
  3. puritanizers
  4. puritanizes
  5. puritanizing
  6. puritanlike
  7. puritanly
  8. Puritano
  9. Puritanos
  10. puritans
  11. puriteen

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