transcription, транскрипция: [ pjʊərɪt(ə)n ]
( puritans)
1.
You describe someone as a puritan when they live according to strict moral or religious principles, especially when they disapprove of physical pleasures.
Bykov had forgotten that Malinin was something of a puritan...
N-COUNT [ disapproval ]
2.
Puritan attitudes are based on strict moral or religious principles and often involve disapproval of physical pleasures.
Paul was someone who certainly had a puritan streak in him.
ADJ : usu ADJ n [ disapproval ]