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puritanical
puritanical is a 11-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 20 · 5 senses
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- 1adjective
Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice.
- 2adjective
Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid; -- often used by way of reproach or contempt.
- 3adjective
morally rigorous and strict
"the puritan work ethic"
"puritanic distaste for alcohol"
- 4adjective
exaggeratedly proper
"my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
- 5adjective
of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism
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