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 pu·ri·tan·i·cal /ˌpjʊrəˈtænɪkəl/
 (a.)清教的;禁慾的

 Pu·ri·tan·ic Pu·ri·tan·ic·al a.
 1. Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice.
 2. Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid; -- often used by way of reproach or contempt.
    Paritanical circles, from which plays and novels were strictly excluded.   --Macaulay.
    He had all the puritanic traits, both good and evil.   --Hawthorne.
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 puritanical
      adj 1: of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism
      2: exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't
         approve of my miniskirts" [syn: priggish, prim, prissy,
          prudish, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced,
         straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian]
      3: morally rigorous and strict; "blue laws"; "the puritan work
         ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was
         anything but puritanical in her behavior" [syn: blue(a),
          puritan, puritanic]