English Explanatory Dictionary

priggism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The quality or state of being priggish; the manners of a prig; exaggerated propriety, fussiness about trivialities.
  2. Roguery; thievery.

Word forms

priggism priggisms

Etymology

From prig + -ism.

Synonyms

priggery priggishness
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