puritanic

American  

[pyoor-i-tan-ik] / ˌpyʊər ɪˈtæn ɪk /

adjective

1. relating to or characteristic of the Puritans or their beliefs and practices.

2. very strict or obsessive about moral and religious matters; straitlaced; puritanical.

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Example Sentences

He lived in almost puritanic simplicity with his mother, enjoyed the fleshpots of Brazil and Europe with his father.

From Time Magazine Archive

Eldest son of a poor Idaho farmer and his puritanic wife, Vridar grew up in a shack where food was scarce, comfort unheard-of, with no companions but his younger brother and sister.

From Time Magazine Archive

But how you with your puritanic ideas managed to get yourself into such an imbroglio passes my understanding.

From Who? by Kent, Elizabeth

But how would M. Taine explain the existence of this same puritanic “morality” which can be found under the lovely, clear, bright sky of America?

From A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things by O'Rell, Max

The puritanic commonwealth under Cromwell sunk down the language to its basest uses.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac