pur et dur

English

Etymology

From the French pur et dur (“hard-line”, literally “pure and hard”).

Adjective

pur et dur (not comparable)

1. (Canadian politics) Being a hardliner of the Quebec independence movement.
   • 2011, Robert Bothwell, Canada and Quebec: One Country, Two Histories: Revised Edition, UBC Press, →ISBN, page 256:

     Among separatists, Parizeau was known as pur et dur, hard-line and uncompromising.

Coordinate terms

• pur laine

See also

• Québécois

Further reading

• pur et dur on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ruptured

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pyʁ e dyʁ/

• Audio (Canada):

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Adjective

pur et dur (feminine pure et dure, masculine plural purs et durs, feminine plural pures et dures)

1. (chiefly politics) extreme, hard-line, uncompromising

   Synonyms: déterminé, extrémiste

   un traditionalisme pur et dur ― staunch traditionalism

2. archetypal, exemplary
3. (Canadian politics) pur et dur (being a hardliner of the Quebec independence movement)

   Coordinate term: pure laine

See also

• Québécois

Further reading

• pur et dur on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr