English Explanatory Dictionary

Pecksniff

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A very hypocritical person.

Word forms

Pecksniff Pecksniffs

Etymology

Seth Pecksniff, a sanctimonious surveyor and architect “who has never designed or built anything”, appears in Charles Dickens's novel Martin Chuzzlewit (1844).

Derived words

Pecksniffery Pecksniffian Pecksniffism
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