MEANING
Overly concerned with correctness and inclined to judge others as inferior.
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Words that belong together
- priggish attitude
- priggish respectability
On the page
His priggish lecture irritated even those who agreed with him.
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Word forms
- Base
- priggish
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more priggish; superlative most priggish when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: uncommon.
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