rectitudinarian

noun

rectitudinarian

noun

Etymology From Latin rēctitūdin- + -arian, from oblique stem of Latin rēctitūdō, from rēctus + -tūdō. By surface analysis, rectitude + -arian.

1

A person who has a high standard of rectitude

  • William Logan, a critical rectitudinarian, called Seidel a “name dropper” whose books trade in “jet-set tastes and upmarket sinning.”2009 April 12, Wyatt Mason, “Laureate of the Louche”, in New York Times:

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