PRIGGISHNESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Exaggerated and arrogant properness

Synonyms:

priggishness; primness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

correctitude; properness; propriety (correct or appropriate behavior)

Derivation:

priggish (exaggeratedly proper)

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