purist

1. 1.

   someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words)

   Broaderpedant

Other forms of purist

plural

purists·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about purist

What does purist mean?

purist means "someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words)".

How many syllables are in purist?

purist has 2 syllables: pur-ist. The stress falls on "pur". In IPA it is /ˈpjʊɹɪst/.

Is purist a common word?

purist is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.