Associations to the word «Purist»

Wiktionary

PURIST, adjective. Of or pertaining to purism
PURIST, noun. An advocate of purism

Dictionary definition

PURIST, noun. Someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words).

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope