purist
pronunciation
How to pronounce purist in British English:
UK [ˈpjʊərɪst]
How to pronounce purist in American English:
US [ˈpjʊrɪst]
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- Noun:
- someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words)
Word Origin
- purist (n.)
- "stickler for purity," 1706, from pure + -ist; on model of French puriste (1580s), originally in reference to speech.
Example
- 1. This one 's for the e-reader purist who prefers buttons that actually click .
- 2. In many ways , veasey is a craft business purist .
- 3. Is not a purist approach to assessing the consumption patterns over time ( we should discount the future flows of services ) .
- 4. You 're not going to earn cocktail purist kudos for ordering a frozen margarita , but who cares about drink snobbery when it 's 97 degrees outside ?
- 5. If you 're a purist elegant and graceful styles are the means to go .