If you often think of yourself as a saint, you may simply be a prig.
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Prig
/pɹɪɡ/
Synonyms for "prig" (70 found)
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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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