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Webster 1913 Edition
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Purist
PU'RIST
,Noun.