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Priggishness
see synonyms of priggishnessNoun
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Priggishness
see synonyms of priggishnessnoun
a person who is smugly self-righteous and narrow-minded
verbWord forms: prigs, prigging or prigged
1. another word for steal
noun
2. another word for thief
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Priggishness
see synonyms of priggishness noun
1.
a person who is annoyingly smug in his or her moral behavior, attitudes, etc.
2.
a person who is annoyingly fastidious about rules, small details, etc.
verb transitiveWord forms: prigged or ˈprigging
1. British, Slang
to steal
verb intransitive
2. North England and Scottish
to haggle
noun
3. British, Slang
a thief or pickpocket
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Priggishness
see synonyms of priggishnessn.
1. A person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.
2. Archaic
a. A petty thief or pickpocket.
b. A conceited dandy; a fop.
tr.v. prigged, prig·ging, prigs
Chiefly British
Chiefly British
To steal or pilfer.
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