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priggishness Definition


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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'.



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