Puritan

中文来自 ECDICT

n.: 清教徒
adj.: 清教徒的

构词拆分

purity词根/词干

-an后缀

Of or pertaining to; an adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form. (Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a, -n is used instead.) · One from, belonging to, relating to, or like.

词源说明

Probably from purity +‎ -an, because they sought to purify Church of England worship of what they perceived as Roman Catholic aspects. The capitalised form preceded the lowercase form puritan.

释义（英文）

名词 Noun

A member of a particular Protestant religious sect advocating greater purity and piety.

形容词 Adjective

Alternative letter-case form of puritan.

词族

派生词（5）

Puritandom Puritaness puritanize Puritanlike Puritanly