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noun
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.
Related forms
prig·gish, adjective
prig·gish·ly, adverb
prig·gish·ness, noun
un·prig·gish, adjective
Synonyms
prude, puritan, bluenose.
prude, puritan, bluenose.
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Prig
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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verb (used with object)
1.
Chiefly British. to steal.
verb (used without object)
2.
Scot. and North England. to haggle or argue over price.
3.
British Informal. to beg or entreat; ask a favor.
noun
4.
Chiefly British. a thief.
Origin:
1505–15; orig. thieves' cant; origin uncertain
1505–15; orig. thieves' cant; origin uncertain
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Word Origin & History
prig
1753, "precisian in speech or manners," of unknown origin; earlier "dandy, fop" (1676), "thief" (1610, in form prigger recorded from 1561), also a thieves' cant word for "a tinker" (1567), though connection of this with the other meaning is uncertain.
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