different between circumspect vs puritanical

English

Etymology

From Latin circumspect? (“look around”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s??.k?m.sp?kt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?.k?m.sp?kt/

Adjective

circumspect (comparative more circumspect, superlative most circumspect)

1. Carefully aware of all circumstances; considerate of all that is pertinent.

   Synonyms: cautious, chary, prudent, thoughtful, vigilant, wary

Derived terms

• circumspectly
• circumspective

Related terms

• circumspection

Translations

English

Etymology

puritanic +? -al

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pj???.??tæn.?.k?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pj?.??tæn.?.kl?/

Adjective

puritanical (comparative more puritanical, superlative most puritanical)

1. Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice.
2. Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid (often used by way of reproach or contempt).

Quotations

Mrs. Barrymore is of interest to me. She is a heavy, solid person, very limited, intensely respectable, and inclined to be puritanical. You could hardly conceive a less emotional subject. Yet I have told you how, on the first night here, I heard her sobbing bitterly, and since then I have more than once observed traces of tears upon her face. Some deep sorrow gnaws ever at her heart. Sometimes I wonder if she has a guilty memory which haunts her, and sometimes I suspect Barrymore of being a domestic tyrant.

Translations

Noun

puritanical (plural puritanicals)

1. One who holds puritanical attitudes.

Anagrams

• unpiratical