puritan

puritan
PURITÁN, -Ă, puritani, -e, s.m. şi f., adj. 1. s.m. şi f. Adept al puritanismului; p. ext. persoană care practică sau afişează o moralitate foarte severă. 2. adj. Care aparţine puritanismului, privitor la puritanism; p. ext. care profesează sau afişează o morală excesivă. – Din fr. puritain.
Trimis de oprocopiuc, 27.04.2004. Sursa: DEX '98

puritán s. m., adj. m., pl. puritáni; f. sg. puritánă, g.-d. art. puritánei, pl. puritáne
Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic

PURITÁN1 puritană (puritani, puritane) Care ţine de puritanism; propriu puritanismului. /<fr. puritain
Trimis de siveco, 22.08.2004. Sursa: NODEX

PURITÁN2 puritană (puritani, puritane) m. şi f. 1) Adept al puritanismului. 2) Persoană care vădeşte sau afişează o moralitate scrupuloasă. /<fr. puritain
Trimis de siveco, 22.08.2004. Sursa: NODEX

PURITÁN, -Ă adj. Referitor la puritanism; (p. ext.) care practică sau afişează o morală excesivă. // s.m. şi f. Adept al puritanismului; (p. ext.) om de o moralitate excesivă. [< engl. puritan, cf. fr. puritain].
Trimis de LauraGellner, 28.02.2007. Sursa: DN

PURITÁN, -Ă adj., s. m. f. (adept) al puritanismului; (p.ext.) (om) de o moralitate rigidă. (< fr. puritain)
Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN

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