eng: puritanical

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Meaning
means	(adjective) of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism puritanical
means	(adjective) exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts" straight-laced, straightlaced, straitlaced, tight-laced, prudish, square-toed, priggish, victorian, puritanical, prissy, prim, strait-laced
means	(adjective) morally rigorous and strict; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior" puritanic, puritanical, blue