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purist means: someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words)

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purist

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈpjʊəɹɪst/Part of speech nounSorted iprstuStarts with PEnds with T0 cluesCommon crossword word

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someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words)

Borrowed from French puriste. By surface analysis, pur(e) + -ist.

“He was the first to play for money, a practice which got him ousted from the purist U.S. Lawn Tennis Association.”

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