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    [Noun]  | "prig" 


    1: fop

    2: fellow, person

    3: one who offends or irritates by observance of proprieties (as of speech or manners) in a pointed manner or to an obnoxious degree


    Origin: 1676 ;

     Probably from {see: |prig:1|prig:1};

    [Noun]  | "prig" | \ ˈprig \


    1: thief


    Origin: 1567 ;

     Prig to steal;

    [Noun]  | "priggishness" 


    [Noun]  | "prig" 


    1: someone who annoys people by being very careful about proper behavior and by criticizing the behavior of other people;


      * e.g., " ... She is too much of a prig for my liking. "





     [ "priggishness" ]

    1: paying too much attention to trifling/ unimportant details, pedantryt

      * e.g.,  ... I'm so tired of her priggishness 

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