priggishness
1priggishness — noun see prig II …
2priggishness — See priggery. * * * …
3priggishness — noun The state or quality of being priggish …
4priggishness — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. prudishness, prudery, snobbery, puritanism, affectation; see also hypocrisy , pretense 1 …
5priggishness — prɪgɪʃnɪs n. meticulousness. strictness; pedanticalness, pettiness; conceit, arrogance; primness, state of being overly concerned with one s appearance …
6priggishness — n 1. prudery, prudishness, puritan icalness, overmodesty, old maidishness, Grundyism; hideboundness, strait lacedness, buckram, stiffness, stiff neckedness, strictness, severity, formality; snobbery, snobbishness, stiltedness, Sl. snootiness, Sl …
7priggishness — prig·gish·ness …
8priggishness — See: prig …
9priggishness — noun exaggerated and arrogant properness • Syn: ↑primness • Derivationally related forms: ↑prim (for: ↑primness), ↑priggish • Hypernyms: ↑propriety, ↑ …
10prudery — n coyness, overmodesty; priggishness, puritanicalness. See also priggishness(def. 1) …
