puritan

See also: Puritan

English

Noun

puritan (plural puritans)

(often disapproving) A puritanical person.

Translations

puritanical person

Czech: puritán m
Hungarian: puritán (hu)
Russian: пуританин (ru) m (puritanin)

Swedish: puritan (sv) c
Turkish: püritan, sofu (tr), püriten (tr)

Adjective

puritan (comparative more puritan, superlative most puritan)

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

Synonyms

Translations

having very strict moral standards

Czech: puritánský
Dutch: puriteins (nl)
Finnish: puritaani (fi), puristi (fi)
French: puritain (fr)
German: puritanisch (de)

Hungarian: puritán (hu)
Russian: пуританский (ru) (puritanskij)
Swedish: puritansk (sv)
Turkish: püritan, sofu (tr), püriten (tr)

Related terms

Anagrams

tanpuri, train up, uptrain

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