Priggish

//ˈpɹɪɡɪʃ// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Like a prig.

    "To ride; to dance; she had adored all that. Or going long walks in the country, talking, about books, what to do with one’s life, for young people were amazingly priggish—oh, the things one had said!"

Adjective
  1. 1
    exaggeratedly proper wordnet

Example

More examples

"To ride; to dance; she had adored all that. Or going long walks in the country, talking, about books, what to do with one’s life, for young people were amazingly priggish—oh, the things one had said!"

Etymology

From prig + -ish.

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