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Pecksniffian

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Peck·sniff·i·an  (pk-snf-n)
adj.
Hypocritically benevolent; sanctimonious.
[After Seth Pecksniff, a character in Martin Chuzzlewit, a novel by Charles Dickens.]
Pecksniffian [pɛkˈsnɪfɪən]
adj
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) affecting benevolence or high moral principles
[after Seth Pecksniff, character in Martin Chuzzlewit (1843), a novel by the English novelist Charles Dickens (1812-70)]
Translations
Pecksniffian
adj → scheinheilig, heuchlerisch


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But Baedeker was dreadfully Pecksniffian about these poor innocent etudiantes, many of whom love their lovers much more truly than many a British wife loves her husband, and are much better loved in return.
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