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Meaning of PRIGGISH

Pronunciation:  'prigish

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
 
 Synonyms: prim, prissy, proper, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straightlaced, straitlaced, tight-laced, victorian
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Prig"gish\, a.
Like a prig; conceited; pragmatical. -- {Prig"gish*ly}, adv.
-- {Prig"gish-ness}, n.
 

 

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