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    PRIGGISH

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (adjective) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Exaggeratedly properplay

    Example:

    my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts

    Synonyms:

    priggish; prim; prissy; prudish; puritanical; square-toed; straight-laced; straightlaced; strait-laced; straitlaced; tight-laced; victorian

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    proper (marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness)

    Derivation:

    priggishness (exaggerated and arrogant properness)

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