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priggish

 
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a.

Like a prig; conceited; pragmatical. -- Prig·gish·ly, adv. -- Prig·gish-ness, n.

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adjective

    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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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: exaggeratedly proper
  Synonyms: prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, straightlaced, tight-laced, victorian

 
 
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