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- [prig]
- /prɪg/
- /ˈprɪɡ.ɪʃ/
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- [prig]
- /prɪg/
Definitions of priggish word
- noun priggish a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner. 1
- adjective priggish If you describe someone as priggish, you think that they are a prig. 0
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Origin of priggish
First appearance:
before 1560 One of the 32% oldest English words
First recorded in 1560-70; formerly, coxcomb; perhaps akin to prink
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Parts of speech for Priggish
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
priggish popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for priggish
adj priggish
- abstinent — forbearance from any indulgence of appetite, especially from the use of alcoholic beverages: total abstinence.
- bluenose — a puritanical or prudish person
- by the book — according to the rules; in the prescribed or usual way
- distingue — having an air of distinction; distinguished.
- donnish — resembling or characteristic of a university don; bookish; pedantic.
adjective priggish
- humourless — (British spelling, Canadian) alternative spelling of humorless.
- overexact — Too exact; overscrupulous; pedantic.
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