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priggish
Variant of prig
noun
- a person who is annoyingly smug in his or her moral behavior, attitudes, etc.
- a person who is annoyingly fastidious about rules, small details, etc.
Related Forms:
- priggery noun or priggism
- priggish adjective
- priggishly adverb
- priggishness noun
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