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Definition of Purist
1. Noun. Someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words).
Definition of Purist
1. n. One who aims at excessive purity or nicety, esp. in the choice of language.
Definition of Purist
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to purism ¹
2. Noun. An advocate of purism ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Purist
1. one who practices purism [n -S] : PURISTIC [adj] - See also: purism
Lexicographical Neighbors of Purist
Literary usage of Purist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Painters by John Ruskin (1857)
"... TRUE IDEAL : FIRST, purist. § 1. HAVING thus glanced at the principal modes
in which the imagination works for evil, we must rapidly note also the ..."
2. The Verbalist: A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the by Alfred Ayres (1881)
"The purist does not use the word pantaloons even, but trousers. Pants are worn
by gents who eat lunches and open wine, and trousers are worn by gentlemen ..."
3. The Works of Lucian of Samosata: Complete with Exceptions Specified in the by Henry Watson Fowler, Francis George Fowler (1905)
"purist Ly. Are you the man whose scent is so keen for a blunder, and who is
himself blunder-proof ? Pur. I think I may say so. Ly. ..."
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