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purist |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Purist \Pur"ist\, n. [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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: purist n : someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words)
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