单词 | puristic |
释义 | puristicadj. Characteristic of a purist; characterized by or tending towards purism. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adjective] > correct clean1528 cleanly1579 correct1676 puristical1852 puristic1854 purist1856 1854 E. D. Yeomans tr. P. Schaff Hist. Apostolic Church II. v. 305 The best style on puristic principles is that of Luke. 1880 ‘V. Lee’ Stud. 18th Cent. Italy i. 5 This national Italian drama, unnoticed by the puristic eighteenth century. 1915 Times 6 Feb. 7/1 The Viennese in conversation still use many foreign words, but in public notices and signs one sees evidence of the same puristic craze as rages in Germany. 1960 Mod. Lang. Jrnl. 44 145 There have been too many modern Greek textbooks which have prepared the student to read only puristic Greek and have been ineffective for the learning of conversational Greek. 1992 T. Magay in C. Blank Lang. & Civilization I. 724 This Magyarizing of sports terms was the outcome of a puristic campaign. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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