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Priggish

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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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.Priggishpriggish - 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"


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He was rough, absent-minded, careless, and awkward, rather priggish, and not at all agreeable to a dainty, beauty-loving girl like Rose.
Eight Cousins by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
If I have any fault to find with New York society, it is on account of its formal and almost priggish quiet--the female voice being usually quite lost in it--thus leaving a void in the ear, not to say the heart, that is painful to endure.
Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
Poor, wayward-hearted Collins leaned his head upon their crazy tables; priggish Benjamin Franklin; Savage, the wrong-headed, much troubled when he could afford any softer bed than a doorstep; young Bloomfield, "Bobby" Burns, Hogarth, Watts the engineer--the roll is endless.
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context
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