puritanic

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

puritan +‎ -ic

Adjective

puritanic (comparative more puritanic, superlative most puritanic)

  1. Archaic form of puritanical.
    • 1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita (Crest Giant; D338), Greenwich, Conn.: Fawcett Publications, published December 1959, OCLC 768447:
      After Louise had gone, I inspected the icebox, and finding it much too puritanic, walked to town and bought the richest foods available.
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