a.
Like a prig; conceited; pragmatical. -- Prig·gish·ly, adv. -- Prig·gish-ness, n.
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priggish
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary:
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priggish |
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- Marked by excessive concern for propriety and good form: bluenosed, genteel, old-maidish, precise, prim, prissy, proper, prudish, puritanical, strait-laced, stuffy, Victorian. Idioms: prim and proper. See plain/fancy.
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