单词 | priggishness |
释义 | priggishness (once / 44771 pages) n WORD FAMILY priggishness: priggishnesses+/prig: prigged, prigging, priggish, prigs/priggish: priggishly, priggishness USAGE EXAMPLESBut it also inspires a pompous priggishness in its audience. The New Yorker(May 20, 2016) Because I do see it as priggishness, prudishness, squeamishness. Newsweek(Feb 26, 2015) Needs to offer imperious priggishness with flashes of thuggish temper. The Guardian(Nov 29, 2012) n exaggerated and arrogant properness Syn|Hyper primness correctitude, properness, propriety correct or appropriate behavior |
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