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prig
1[ prig ]
prig
2[ prig ]
verb (used with object)
, prigged, prig·ging.
- Chiefly British. to steal.
verb (used without object)
, prigged, prig·ging.
- Scot. and North England. to haggle or argue over price.
- British Informal. to beg or entreat; ask a favor.
noun
- Chiefly British. a thief.
prig
2/ prɪɡ /
noun
- a person who is smugly self-righteous and narrow-minded
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Derived Forms
- ˈpriggish, adjective
- ˈpriggishly, adverb
- ˈpriggery, noun
- ˈpriggism, noun
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Other Words From
- prig·gish adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prig2
First recorded in 1505–15; originally thieves' cant; origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prig1
C16: of unknown origin
Origin of prig2
C18: of unknown origin
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Example Sentences
Before forty there is yet a chance that the budding ninny may desert, and degenerate into a prig, a Philistine, or a physician.
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Stephen was not a prig and she recognized the justice of his arguments, but he was rather hard and his views were too clear-cut.
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He's a bit of a prig—in fact, he's as priggish as he well can be—but he's never done anything but run straight.
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This man is difficult to judge; he was a man of poor physique, naturally timid, and a prig.
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The letter describes a small boy who was "a very earnest vegetarian" and a super-prig into the bargain.
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