Puritano in english
Puritan
pronunciation: pjʊrətən part of speech: adjective, noun
pronunciation: pjʊrətən part of speech: adjective, noun
In gestures
puritano = puritan ; prude ; prudish ; straight-laced [strait-laced].
Example: This is the 'reference librarian as puritan' syndrome, to use William A Katz's trenchant phrase.Example: For her refusal, Isabella has received a great deal of blame from subsequent critics, who call her a hard-hearted prude.Example: In his outward appearance Hitler showed himself as a prudish & ascetic person, overly concerned with personal cleanliness .Example: Three years later, when he was fifteen, he slipped into Rachel's bedroom and her straitlaced mother caught them petting and giggling on the side of the bed.