Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

purist

/ˈpjʊɹ.ɪst/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English

Syllables: pur-ist
IPA: /ˈpjʊɹ.ɪst/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to purism.

noun

An advocate of purism.

Example Sentences

"He was the first to play for money, a practice which got him ousted from the purist U.S. Lawn Tennis Association."
"One of the difficulties that plague conversations about industrial music is that the genre has come to include (to the chagrin and outright denial of some purists) anything from gentle synthesized droning to metal-inspired riffage."

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Root: *pewH-

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈpjʊɹ.ɪst/
British English: /ˈpjʊəɹɪst/

Inflected Forms

more purist (comparative) most purist (superlative) purists (plural)

Derived Forms

hyperpurist nonpurist puristical

Phrases

purist Greek

Synonyms

puristic

Rhymes With

surest tourist

Questions

How do you pronounce purist?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpjʊɹ.ɪst/.
What does purist mean?: Of or pertaining to purism.
Where does purist come from?: Borrowed from French puriste. By surface analysis, pur(e) + -ist.

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