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- noun derogatory A
stickler forrules .
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rule + -monger
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mollusque commented on the word rulemonger
To all this I responded with laughter, happy to be in league against the world of hypocrites and rulemongers.
—Jeffrey Eugenides, 2002, Middlesex, p. 455
August 17, 2008