prig Definition

prig
noun

1. Someone who is self-righteously moralistic.

Thesaurus: puritan, prude, goody-two-shoes (US slang), goody-goody (slang), old maid; formalist.

Derivative: priggery
noun

Derivative: priggish
adj

Self-righteously moralistic
Thesaurus: prim, puritanical, stiff, sedate, prudish, starchy, strait-laced, Victorian, goody-goody (slang), narrow-minded, holier-than-thou, self-righteous, stuffy, pedantic, self-satisfied; Antonym: broad-minded, informal.

Derivative: priggishly
adverb

Derivative: priggishness
noun

Etymology: 18c; 16c in obsolete sense ‘a tinker'.