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priggishness (noun)

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  • priggishness — noun see prig II …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • priggishness — noun The state or quality of being priggish …   Wiktionary

  • priggishness — noun exaggerated and arrogant properness • Syn: ↑primness • Derivationally related forms: ↑prim (for: ↑primness), ↑priggish • Hypernyms: ↑propriety, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • prig — noun (C) someone who obeys moral rules very carefully, and shows in an annoying way that they think they are better than other people priggish adjective priggishness noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • prig — I. noun Etymology: prig to steal Date: 1610 thief II. noun Etymology: probably from 1prig Date: 1676 1. archaic fop 2 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • prig — UK [prɪɡ] / US noun [countable] Word forms prig : singular prig plural prigs someone who thinks that they are better than other people because they always obey strict moral rules Derived words: priggish adjective priggishness noun uncountable …   English dictionary

  • priggish — adjective self righteously moralistic and superior. Derivatives priggishly adverb priggishness noun …   English new terms dictionary

  • priggish — /ˈprɪgɪʃ/ (say prigish) adjective excessively precise, especially in an affectedly superior or high minded way. {prig1 + g + ish1} –priggishly, adverb –priggishness, noun …  

  • primness — noun 1. excessive or affected modesty • Syn: ↑prudishness, ↑prudery, ↑Grundyism • Derivationally related forms: ↑prudish (for: ↑prudishness), ↑prim …   Useful english dictionary

  • priggery — noun a) thievery or roguery b) priggishness …   Wiktionary

  • properness — noun correct or appropriate behavior • Syn: ↑propriety, ↑correctitude • Ant: ↑improperness, ↑impropriety (for: ↑propriety) • Derivationally related forms …   Useful english dictionary

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