PURISTS

Noun

purists

plural of purist

Anagrams

• spruits, stirs up, upstirs

Source: Wiktionary


PURIST

Pur"ist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. puriste.]

1. One who aims at excessive purity or nicety, esp. in the choice of language. He [Fox] . . . purified vocabulary with a scrupulosity unknown to any purist. Macaulay.

2. One who maintains that the New Testament was written in pure Greek. M. Stuart.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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