priggish

prig  (prg)

n.

1. A person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.

2. Chiefly British A petty thief or pickpocket.

3. Archaic A conceited dandy; a fop.

tr.v. prigged, prig·ging, prigs Chiefly British

To steal or pilfer.

---

[Origin unknown.]

---

prigger·y n.

priggish adj.

priggish·ly adv.

priggish·ness n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

priggish - exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts" square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, prissy, prudish, puritanical, prim, victorian proper - marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners"

---

priggish

adjective self-righteous, smug, stiff, stuffy, prim, puritanical, narrow-minded, pedantic, starchy (informal), self-satisfied, prudish, goody-goody (informal), holier-than-thou He was a priggish, self-righteous little sneak.

Translations

priggish [ˈprɪgɪʃ] ADJ → gazmoño, mojigato

priggish [ˈprɪgɪʃ] adj [person] → suffisant(e)

priggish

adj → tugendhaft; (= snobbish) → hochnäsig

priggish [ˈprɪgɪʃ] adj (person) → moralista; (behaviour, attitude) → moraleggiante

---

priggish [ˈprɪgɪʃ] adj (person) → moralista; (behaviour, attitude) → moraleggiante