puritanical

adj 1: exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't

approve of my miniskirts" [syn: {priggish}, {prim}, {prissy},

{prudish}, {square-toed}, {straitlaced}, {straightlaced},

{tight-laced}, {victorian}]

2: morally rigorous and strict; "blue laws"; "the puritan work

ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was

anything but puritanical in her behavior" [syn: {blue(a)},

{puritan}, {puritanic}]