puritan C2+ Topic:People & Society US /ˈpjʊrɪtən/ UK /ˈpjʊərɪtən/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a person with strict moral views; relating to such austerity His puritan upbringing left him uneasy with any indulgence. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person with strict moral... moralistprudezealotasceticpietist ↔ Opposites hedonistlibertinesensualist Word family Derived forms puritanismpuritanicalpuritanically Related forms purepuritypurify Etymology AI details From Late Latin puritas ('purity') + -an; the term arose in the 16th century for English Protestants seeking to 'purify' the Church, from Latin purus ('pure'). puritas Latin purus Latin *peuH- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # puritan **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈpjʊrɪtən/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈpjʊərɪtən/ ## Meanings 1. a person with strict moral views; relating to such austerity ## Examples - His puritan upbringing left him uneasy with any indulgence. ## Synonyms - moralist - prude - zealot - ascetic - pietist ## Antonyms - hedonist - libertine - sensualist ## Derived Forms - puritanism - puritanical - puritanically ## Related Forms - pure - purity - purify ## Roots and Affixes - Root: puritas - Root: purus - Root: *peuH- ## Etymology From Late Latin puritas ('purity') + -an; the term arose in the 16th century for English Protestants seeking to 'purify' the Church, from Latin purus ('pure'). ## AI Etymology Puritan is from Late Latin puritas ('purity') + -an; the term arose in the 16th century for English Protestants seeking to 'purify' the Church, from Latin purus ('pure'). Important recorded forms include puritas (Latin), purus (Latin), and *peuH- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers a person with strict moral views; relating to such austerity. The wider family includes derived forms such as puritanism, puritanical, and puritanically and related words such as pure, purity, and purify. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown