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priggery

[ prig-uh-ree ]

noun

plural priggeries
  1. the conduct or character of a prig.
  2. an act or remark characteristic of a prig.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of priggery1

First recorded in 1735–45; prig 1 + -ery
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Example Sentences

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In practice, this lofted him into the highest ranks of priggery and fuss.

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They are commended by a certain dapper shrewdness of observation and an almost witty priggery, not by any real beauty or deep feeling.

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Principle, priggery, call it what you will.

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The face shows the same old clutter of confusions: arrogance, snobbery, priggery, pushiness, stinginess, grossness, rampant infantilism.

Of course, we should be broadminded; and priggery ought to have no place in our attitude toward the stage.

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