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priggish
What does priggish mean?
priggish (adjective): exaggeratedly proper.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce priggish?
/ˈpɹɪɡɪʃ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does priggish come from?
From prig + -ish.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “priggish” mean?
not returned in kind
Not quite: that's what unrequited means.
exaggeratedly proper
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hasty or superficial
Not quite: that's what cursory means.
delicately beautiful
Not quite: that's what dainty means.
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