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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
puritanical /pjʊərɪˈtanɪk(ə)l/

▶adjective having a very strict or censorious attitude towards self-indulgence or sex.

– derivatives
puritanically adverb.

'puritanical' also found in these Oxford entries:

blue law - bluenose - wowser

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"puritanical and mediterranean frame/pattern"
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