[ noun ] someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words) <noun.person>
Purist \Pur"ist\, n. [Cf. F. puriste.] 1. One who aims at excessive purity or nicety, esp. in the choice of language.
He [Fox] . . . purified vocabulary with a scrupulosity unknown to any purist. --Macaulay.
2. One who maintains that the New Testament was written in pure Greek. --M. Stuart.
In fact, although Reinhardt is in many ways the purist's purist, I think this show will paradoxically appeal to people who have no particular interest in either purism or abstract painting.
In fact, although Reinhardt is in many ways the purist's purist, I think this show will paradoxically appeal to people who have no particular interest in either purism or abstract painting.
"We should show these paintings on the merits themselves." This purist position carried over to the marketing of the festival.
Perritt is hardly a purist; he recognizes that in expanding economies a company leveraged with debt might do very well.
But now this consummate purist is building _ a wood cottage for vacation time in this new Florida panhandle resort.