priggism

American  

[prig-iz-uhm] / ˈprɪg ɪz əm /

noun

1. priggish character or ideas; priggishness.

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Etymology

Origin of priggism

First recorded in 1735–45; prig ¹ + -ism

Example Sentences

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priggism

After some further conversation, the subjects being, if I remember right, college education, priggism, church authority, tomfoolery, and the like, I rose and said to my host, “I must now leave you”.

From Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest by Knapp, William

After some further conversation, the subjects being, if I remember right, college education, priggism, church authority, tomfoolery, and the like, I rose and said to my host, “I must now leave you.”

From Lavengro the Scholar - the Gypsy - the Priest by Watts, Theodore

After some farther conversation, the subjects p. 126being, if I remember right, college education, priggism, church authority, tomfoolery, and the like, I rose and said to my host, “I must now leave you.”

From Lavengro The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Groome, Francis Hindes

A striking characteristic of these learned women was the entire absence of all priggism or pedantry.

From Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind by Zahm, John Augustine

There is a dash of solemnity, a ludicrous assumption of priggism, about the Scottish fool which Mr White has entirely evaded.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 by Various