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[syn: priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Priggish \Prig"gish\, a.
Like a prig; conceited; pragmatical. -- Prig"gish*ly, adv.
-- Prig"gish-ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
priggish
adj 1: exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't
approve of my miniskirts" [syn: priggish, prim,
prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed,
straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced,
straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian]