Pecksniffian Definition

pĕk-snĭfē-ən
adjective
Falsely moralistic; hypocritical; insincere.
Webster's New World

Origin of Pecksniffian

  • After Seth Pecksniff a character in Martin Chuzzlewit, a novel by Charles Dickens

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Derived from the character Seth Pecksniff in the Charles Dickens novel Martin Chuzzlewit (1843).

    From Wiktionary

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