puritanicaladj.

Brit.

/ˌpjʊərᵻˈtanᵻkl/,

/ˌpjɔːrᵻˈtanᵻkl/, U.S.

/ˌpjʊrəˈtænək(ə)l/

Forms: 1500s–1600s puritanicall, 1600s– puritanical, 1700s puritannical.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: puritan n., -ical suffix.

Etymology: < puritan n. + -ical suffix. Compare slightly earlier puritan adj. and slightly later puritanian adj., puritanic adj.

Frequently depreciative.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of a puritan, spec. a Puritan of the late 16th and 17th centuries; practising or characterized by strictness or austerity in religious or moral behaviour. Also: of, relating to or advocating Puritanism (now historical).

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > [adjective] > conforming to high moral standards > excessively

puritanical1598

puritanic1606

puristical1852

Savonarolan1899

society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Puritanism > [adjective]

precise1560

Puritant1580

puritan1588

disciplinarian1591

disciplinary1591

pure1598

puritanical1598

puritanian1601

puritanic1606

kneeless1631

prick-eared1641

precisianicala1652

Catharistic1838

perfectionistic1884

hot-gospelling1891

Patarene1902

wowserish1933

1598 G. Chapman in tr. Homer Achilles Shield Ep. Ded. sig. A3 Or els they must presume of puritanicall inspiration, to haue that with delicacie & squemishnes, which others with as good means, ten times more time, and ten thousand times more labour could neuer conceiue.

1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe i. sig. A2 His wiues puritanicall coynesse.

1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. e j b That Sect..was in Mahometanism the most Puritanical of all the Sects of the East.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 458. ¶6 Every Appearance of Devotion was looked upon as Puritannical.

1793 J. Byng Diary 5 Aug. in Torrington Diaries (1936) III. 278 There is much wood carving about the chapel; which, with that in the wood seems to have escaped Puritanical destruction.

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan 82 He began to read; but read, in such a style; with a puritanical whine, so insupportable to Peters, that he could hardly sit still.

1882–3 Schaff's Encycl. Relig. Knowl. 430/2 Pastor of a puritanical Calvinistic Congregation in..Boston.

1924 P. G. Wodehouse Bill the Conqueror 26 It was impossible for him, in his reformed condition, to think of his friend and host of last night without a puritanical shudder.

1990 Interview Mar. 120/2 People who vomit, belch, and fart—a movie about semen, blood, and bile—might offend the sensitivities of puritanical Americans.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	puritanical
释义	puritanicaladj. Brit. /ˌpjʊərᵻˈtanᵻkl/, /ˌpjɔːrᵻˈtanᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌpjʊrəˈtænək(ə)l/ Forms: 1500s–1600s puritanicall, 1600s– puritanical, 1700s puritannical. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: puritan n., -ical suffix. Etymology: < puritan n. + -ical suffix. Compare slightly earlier puritan adj. and slightly later puritanian adj., puritanic adj. Frequently depreciative. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a puritan, spec. a Puritan of the late 16th and 17th centuries; practising or characterized by strictness or austerity in religious or moral behaviour. Also: of, relating to or advocating Puritanism (now historical). ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > [adjective] > conforming to high moral standards > excessively puritanical1598 puritanic1606 puristical1852 Savonarolan1899 society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Puritanism > [adjective] precise1560 Puritant1580 puritan1588 disciplinarian1591 disciplinary1591 pure1598 puritanical1598 puritanian1601 puritanic1606 kneeless1631 prick-eared1641 precisianicala1652 Catharistic1838 perfectionistic1884 hot-gospelling1891 Patarene1902 wowserish1933 1598 G. Chapman in tr. Homer Achilles Shield Ep. Ded. sig. A3 Or els they must presume of puritanicall inspiration, to haue that with delicacie & squemishnes, which others with as good means, ten times more time, and ten thousand times more labour could neuer conceiue. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe i. sig. A2 His wiues puritanicall coynesse. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. e j b That Sect..was in Mahometanism the most Puritanical of all the Sects of the East. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 458. ¶6 Every Appearance of Devotion was looked upon as Puritannical. 1793 J. Byng Diary 5 Aug. in Torrington Diaries (1936) III. 278 There is much wood carving about the chapel; which, with that in the wood seems to have escaped Puritanical destruction. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan 82 He began to read; but read, in such a style; with a puritanical whine, so insupportable to Peters, that he could hardly sit still. 1882–3 Schaff's Encycl. Relig. Knowl. 430/2 Pastor of a puritanical Calvinistic Congregation in..Boston. 1924 P. G. Wodehouse Bill the Conqueror 26 It was impossible for him, in his reformed condition, to think of his friend and host of last night without a puritanical shudder. 1990 Interview Mar. 120/2 People who vomit, belch, and fart—a movie about semen, blood, and bile—might offend the sensitivities of puritanical Americans. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1598
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