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purist

/ˈpjʊɹɪst/PYUU-rist
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈpjʊɹɪst/PYUU-rist

Meaningone devoted to purity

Common meaning: a person who insists on strict correctness

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Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pu-‘purify, cleanse, make clear or evident’source
  2. Latinpūrus, -a, -um‘clean, unmixed’
  3. Middle Englishpursource
  4. Englishpure‘unmixed, clean’
  5. Englishformed in English from purepurist‘a person who insists on strict correctness’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from pure + -ist.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), PURE, p.478 · scan

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