priggery
11priggishly — See priggery. * * * …
12priggish — See priggery. * * * …
13prig — noun a self righteously moralistic person. Derivatives priggery noun Origin C16 (in sense tinker, petty thief , later disliked person ): of unknown origin …
14conceit — n. 1. Conception, image, notion, thought, fancy, imagination, idea, belief. 2. Whim, vagary, illusion, freak of fancy. 3. Opinion, estimate, estimation, judgment, impression. 4. Vanity, conceitedness, egotism, self conceit, self complacency, self …
15conceitedness — n. Vanity, conceit, egotism, opinionatedness, self conceit, self complacency, self sufficiency, priggery, priggishness, priggism …
16prig — prig1 [prig] n. [< 16th c. cant < ?] 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. priggery n. priggism priggish adj. priggishly… …
17prig — n. a self righteously correct or moralistic person. Derivatives: priggery n. priggish adj. priggishly adv. priggishness n. Etymology: 16th c. cant, = tinker: orig. unkn …
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