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One who aims at excessive purity or nicety, esp. in the choice of language.

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  1. n. One who aims at excessive purity or nicety, esp. in the choice of language.
  2. n. One who maintains that the New Testament was written in pure Greek.
  3. n. someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words)
  4. Of or pertaining to purists or purism.
  5. j:13/n:87 n. someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words)