priggishness

priggishness
n
1. prudery, prudishness, puritan-icalness, overmodesty, old-maidishness, Grundyism; hideboundness, strait-lacedness, buckram, stiffness, stiff-neckedness, strictness, severity, formality; snobbery, snobbishness, stiltedness, Sl. snootiness, Sl. snot-tiness; smugness, sanctimony, Inf. stuffiness; fastidiousness, punctiliousness, fussiness, censoriousness, re-proachfulness, contemptuousness; pedantry, purism, formalism, precisionism.
2. overniceness, preciousness, namby-pambyism, Inf. goody-goodyism, Inf. nice-Nellyism.

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  • priggishness — noun see prig II …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • priggishness — prɪgɪʃnɪs n. meticulousness. strictness; pedanticalness, pettiness; conceit, arrogance; primness, state of being overly concerned with one s appearance …   English contemporary dictionary

  • priggishness — prig·gish·ness …   English syllables

  • priggishness — See: prig …   English dictionary

  • priggishness — noun exaggerated and arrogant properness • Syn: ↑primness • Derivationally related forms: ↑prim (for: ↑primness), ↑priggish • Hypernyms: ↑propriety, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • prudery — n coyness, overmodesty; priggishness, puritanicalness. See also priggishness(def. 1) …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • primness — noun 1. excessive or affected modesty • Syn: ↑prudishness, ↑prudery, ↑Grundyism • Derivationally related forms: ↑prudish (for: ↑prudishness), ↑prim …   Useful english dictionary

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