puritanical meaning and definition

PURITANICAL adjective

Definition of puritanical (adjective)

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