1.
of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism
2.
exaggeratedly proper
3.
morally rigorous and strict
she was anything but puritanical in her behavior
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Swiss engineer George de Mestral, who got the idea after noticing burrs were sticking to his pants after his regular walks through the woods, invented Velcro.
