If you often think of yourself as a saint, you may simply be a prig.
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Prig
//pɹɪɡ//
Synonyms for "prig" (301 found)
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Noun(27 words)
dipdipperdooddudedudeletexquisitefakerfashionablefast manfilcherfine gentlemanfloggerfoistfootpadfopforetopfribblegallantgogonoph
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Verb(82 words)
liberatelie bylie withliftlootlovelove upmakemake off withmillmisappropriatemoochmoonlight requisitionmountnailnicknipoccupyownpeculate
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penetratepickpocketpilferpillagepinchpirateploughplugplunderpoachpocketpokeporkpoundpumppurloinraidransackraperavagereamreaverelieveriprip offrobrockrogerrootrun off withrun throughrutsardschlongscrewseasonseducesee toserviceshaftshagshelveslaysleep withslip it tosmashsmushsnagsnatchsnigglesnitchstallionizestealswindleswipeswivetaketapthievetupwalk off withwap
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20 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- джебчия noun (a petty thief)
- педант noun (a person showing exaggerated conformity)
Czech
4 entries- moralista noun (a person showing exaggerated conformity)
- povýšenec noun (a person showing exaggerated conformity)
- puntičkář noun (a person showing exaggerated conformity)
- puritán noun (a person showing exaggerated conformity)
French
1 entries- bégueule noun (a person showing exaggerated conformity)
German
2 entries- Musterknabe noun (a person showing exaggerated conformity)
- Tugendbold noun (a person showing exaggerated conformity)
Hungarian
4 entries- fosztogató noun (a petty thief)
- tolvaj noun (a petty thief)
- tudálékos/álszent (ember/alak) noun (a person showing exaggerated conformity)
- zsebtolvaj noun (a petty thief)
Māori
1 entries- whakakake noun (a person showing exaggerated conformity)
Russian
2 entries- воришка noun (a petty thief)
- резонёр noun (a person showing exaggerated conformity)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- kokošar noun (a petty thief)
- sitni lopov noun (a petty thief)
Spanish
1 entries- meapilas noun (a person showing exaggerated conformity)
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What spruce prig is that?
Source: wiktionary
I have always had a regard for dunces; — those of my own school-days were amongst the pleasantest of the fellows, and have turned out by no means the dullest in life; whereas many a youth who could turn off Latin hexameters by the yard, and construe Greek quite glibly, is no better than a feeble prig now, with not a pennyworth more brains than were in his head before his beard grew.
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A prig is a fellow who is always making you a present of his opinions.
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