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Definition of Priggish
1. Adjective. Exaggeratedly proper. "My straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
Similar to: Proper
Derivative terms: Priggishness, Primness, Primness, Prudishness, Puritan
Definition of Priggish
1. a. Like a prig; conceited; pragmatical.
Definition of Priggish
1. Adjective. Like a prig. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Priggish
1. marked by priggism [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Priggish
Literary usage of Priggish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Heroes and Heroines of Fiction: Modern Prose and Poetry by William Shepard Walsh (1914)
"She is pursued by Absalon, the priggish parish clerk, but is herself in love with
her lodger Nicholas, who joins her in playing practical jokes upon her ..."
2. Heroes and Heroines of Fiction: Modern Prose and Poetry; Famous Characters by William Shepard Walsh (1914)
"She is pursued by Absalon, the priggish parish clerk, but is herself in love with
her lodger Nicholas, who joins her in playing practical jokes upon her ..."
3. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"Prog, the ». — Any thing procured by begging or filching ; victuals, provisions
so procured ; and gen. — provisions. A prig or priggish fellow, ..."
4. Letters and Writings of James Greenleaf Croswell: Late Master of the Bearley by James Greenleaf Croswell (1917)
"... making a rather priggish girl in the process of teaching. More anon! Forgive this
poor weak effort. Your anxious colleague, JG CROSWELL. ..."
5. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"Trim sounds so very short and priggish—that my name should be a monosyllable !
Ibid. Tatler, No. 77. A cane is part of the dress of a TRIG. 1714. ..."
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