1. (

• puritanical

) of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism ;

2. (

• priggish ,
• prim ,
• prissy ,
• prudish ,
• puritanical ,
• square-toed ,
• straitlaced ,
• strait-laced ,
• straightlaced ,
• straight-laced ,
• tight-laced ,
• victorian

) exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts" ;

3. (

• blue ,
• puritanic ,
• puritanical

) morally rigorous and strict; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior"; "blue laws" ;