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adjective (often lowercase)
hypocritically and unctuously affecting benevolence or high moral principles.
Also, Peck·sniff·ish.
Origin:
1850–55; named after Seth Pecksniff, character in Martin Chuzzlewit, a novel (1843) by Dickens; see -ian
1850–55; named after Seth Pecksniff, character in Martin Chuzzlewit, a novel (1843) by Dickens; see -ian
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Peck·sniff·er·y, Peck·sniff·i·an·ism, Peck·sniff·ism, noun
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Pecksniffian
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Pecksniffian
1851, after Mr. Pecksniff, unctuous hypocrite in Dickens' "Martin Chuzzlewit" (1844).
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