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prig
1[ prig ]
noun
- a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
Synonyms: , ,
prig
2[ prig ]
verb (used with object)
- Chiefly British. to steal.
verb (used without object)
- Scot. and North England. to haggle or argue over price.
- British Informal. to beg or entreat; ask a favor.
noun
- Chiefly British. a thief.
prig
1/ ±è°ùɪɡ /
noun
- a person who is smugly self-righteous and narrow-minded
Derived Forms
- ˈ±è°ù¾±²µ²µ¾±²õ³ó, adjective
- ˈ±è°ù¾±²µ²µ¾±²õ³óly, adverb
- ˈ±è°ù¾±²µ²µ±ð°ù²â, noun
- ˈ±è°ù¾±²µ²µ¾±²õ³¾, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±è°ù¾±²µÂ·²µ¾±²õ³ó adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of prig2
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of prig1
Origin of prig2
Example Sentences
What if I sounded like a moralizing, self-righteous prig?
Book-banning typically pits small groups of prigs and right-wingers against the community, but communities are fighting back.
Are you as warmhearted as you say you are, or are you just a crusty old prig who wants to watch old empires while eating your chips and seven-bean dip?
Never a favorite of the political left — in San Francisco she was considered a conservative and, worse, mocked as a prig — Feinstein routinely infuriated fellow Democrats by reaching across the aisle to work with Republicans.
Uptight prigs have never been less popular, and whining will not change that for the Christian right.
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