PRIG, PRIGGISH
ADJECTIVES
► PRICK-EARED puritanical, priggish → 1707 arch.
► PRIG priggish, precise; proper, exact → 1776
► Y.M.C.A. priggish, puritan, ‘goody-goody’ → L19 sl.
NOUNS
► PRIGGISM priggishness, self-righteous moralism; excessive precision in matters of learning, manners, etc. → 1753
NOUNS – PERSON
► NANNY a weak-willed, priggish, or effeminate fellow; a sissy → 1947 Amer. sl.
► PRIGGESS a female prig → 1890
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