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PRIGGISHNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does priggishness mean? 

PRIGGISHNESS (noun)
  The noun PRIGGISHNESS has 1 sense:

1. exaggerated and arrogant propernessplay

  Familiarity information: PRIGGISHNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PRIGGISHNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Exaggerated and arrogant properness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

priggishness; primness

Hypernyms ("priggishness" is a kind of...):

correctitude; properness; propriety (correct or appropriate behavior)

Derivation:

priggish (exaggeratedly proper)


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