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priggism

[ prig-iz-uhm ]

noun

  1. priggish character or ideas; priggishness.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of priggism1

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

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There is a dash of solemnity, a ludicrous assumption of priggism, about the Scottish fool which Mr White has entirely evaded.

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A striking characteristic of these learned women was the entire absence of all priggism or pedantry.

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In all the new-fangled comprehensive plans which I see, this is all left out: and the consequence is, that your great Mechanics' Institutes end in intellectual priggism, and your Christian Young Men's Societies in religious Pharisaism.

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After some further conversation, the subjects being, if I remember right, college education, priggism, church authority, tomfoolery, and the like, I rose and said to my host, “I must now leave youâ€.

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After some farther conversation, the subjects p. 126being, if I remember right, college education, priggism, church authority, tomfoolery, and the like, I rose and said to my host, “I must now leave you.â€

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