priggish

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priggish

/ˈpɹɪɡɪʃ/

Rhymes with -ɪɡɪʃ

adjective more priggish · most priggish

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!
Similar: prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical

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adj like a prig

Français	suffisant
Ελληνικά	ηθικολόγος ithikológos

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@misc{priggish_2026,
  title = {priggish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/priggish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}