PURITANICAL


Meaning of PURITANICAL in English

/ ˌpjʊərɪˈtænɪkl; NAmE ˌpjʊr-/ (also pur·itan ) adjective

(usually disapproving ) having very strict moral attitudes :

Their parents had a puritanical streak and didn't approve of dancing.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.