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单词 prig
释义
prigprig /prɪɡ/ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINprig
Origin:
1600-1700 Probably from prig ‘showy man’ (17-19 centuries), perhaps from prig ‘tinker, thief’ (16-19 centuries)
Examples
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  • Hugh was a City prig of exemplary emotional repression.
  • I became an insufferable prig, too.
  • I used to be such a smug little prig.
  • They informed him that he was a prig.
  • Yet he was not a prig.
someone who behaves in a morally good way and shows that they disapprove of the way other people behave – used to show disapproval:  Don’t be such a prig! It’s only a bit of harmless fun!priggish adjective:  a rather priggish, old-fashioned manpriggishness noun [uncountable]
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