Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
puristic .
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- adjective
puristic
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Examples
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He adopted the puristical formation from the first.
A Diversity of Creatures Rudyard Kipling 1900
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So it is with a pietistical and puristical people -- they will follow some stupid old bell-wether because utterly incapable of independent thought, of individual ratiocination.
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