I. -_rə̇st noun
( -s )
Etymology: French puriste, from pur + -iste -ist
: a person solicitous or oversolicitous about purity or nicety (as of conduct or usage): as
a. : one preoccupied with the purity of a language and its protection from the ingress of foreign or altered forms
b. : a sport fisherman who uses exclusively one method and who will give serious consideration to no other
a dry fly purist
a squidding purist
II. adjective
Etymology: purist (I)
: puristic