prig
1a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
Origin of prig
1Other words for prig
Other words from prig
- prig·gish, adjective
Other definitions for prig (2 of 2)
Chiefly British. to steal.
Scot. and North England. to haggle or argue over price.
British Informal. to beg or entreat; ask a favor.
Chiefly British. a thief.
Origin of prig
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How to use prig in a sentence
To-day my Thermos flask in a leather case, in which I carry my lunch, was prigged from the kitchen.
My War Experiences in Two Continents | Sarah MacnaughtanI have prigged the whole thing from the last Victorian Editionwith some slight variations.
Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; | Herbert George WellsHaven't I prigged for you, and run the risk of being sent to quod for getting rid of your dumps?
Dorothy's Double | G. A. HentyBetty Diaper, I'll warrant, who prigged the gentleman's purse at the bottom of the hill.
And the Abbot declared that "when nobody twigged it, Some rascal or other had popped in and prigged it."
The Book of Humorous Verse | Various
British Dictionary definitions for prig (1 of 2)
/ (prɪɡ) /
a person who is smugly self-righteous and narrow-minded
Origin of prig
1Derived forms of prig
- priggery or priggishness, noun
- priggish, adjective
- priggishly, adverb
- priggism, noun
British Dictionary definitions for prig (2 of 2)
/ (prɪɡ) British slang, archaic /
another word for thief
Origin of prig
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