Origin: Latin suffix -al
Puritanical has 5 different meanings across 1 category:
One who holds puritanical attitudes.
of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism
exaggeratedly proper
"my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
morally rigorous and strict
"puritanic distaste for alcohol"
"she was anything but puritanical in her behavior"
"blue laws"
Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice.