priggish

Variant of prig

prig definition

prig (prig)

noun

  1. a person who is annoyingly smug in his or her moral behavior, attitudes, etc.
  2. a person who is annoyingly fastidious about rules, small details, etc.

Etymology: < 16th-c. cant < ?

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