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priggishness

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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
Noun1.priggishness - exaggerated and arrogant properness
primness
correctitude, properness, propriety - correct or appropriate behavior


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Now, as I look back, I think it was sheer priggishness to resist so human and yet so reverent an impulse.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
You pass it to the lower classes, and they pass it back to you, and this you call 'social intercourse' or 'mutual endeavour,' when it's mutual priggishness if it's anything.
Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context
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