PURIST


Meaning of PURIST in English

[pur.ist] n (ca. 1706): one who adheres strictly and often excessively to a tradition; esp: one preoccupied with the purity of a language and its protection from the use of foreign or altered forms -- pu.ris.tic adj -- pu.ris.ti.cal.ly adv

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