Purist

Pur′ist

,

Noun.

[Cf. F.

puriste

.]

1.

One who aims at excessive purity or nicety, esp. in the choice of language.

He [Fox] . . . purified vocabulary with a scrupulosity unknown to any

purist

.

Macaulay.

2.

One who maintains that the New Testament was written in pure Greek.

M. Stuart.

Purist

PU'RIST

,

Noun.

One excessively nice in the use of words.

purist

English

Adjective

purist ‎(comparative more purist, superlative most purist)

Of or pertaining to purism

Translations

pertaining to purism

Catalan: purista
French: puriste (fr)
Galician: purista
German: puristisch (de)

Polish: purystyczny
Russian: пури́стский (ru) ‎(purístskij)
Spanish: purista

Noun

purist ‎(plural purists)

An advocate of purism

Translations

advocate of purism

Catalan: purista m, f
French: puriste (fr) m, f
Galician: purista m, f
German: Purist (de) m, Puristin f

Polish: purysta (pl) m
Russian: пури́ст (ru) m ‎(puríst), пури́стка (ru) f ‎(purístka)
Spanish: purista m, f

Anagrams

stir up, tripus

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

(Bosnia, Serbia): pùrista

Etymology

From purìzam.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pǔrist/
Hyphenation: pu‧rist

Noun

pùrist m ‎(Cyrillic spelling пу̀рист)

purist

Declension

Declension of purist

	singular	plural
nominative	purist	puristi
genitive	purista	purista
dative	puristu	puristima
accusative	purista	puriste
vocative	puriste	puristi
locative	puristu	puristima
instrumental	puristom	puristima

References

“purist” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

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Pur′ist

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Purist

PU'RIST

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purist

purist

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