prig
A deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK
A deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.
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Origin: UK 16th century. Of origin. Earlier noun senses ("tinker" and "thief"), as hyponyms of "undesirable person", may have informed later senses ("conceited person"). Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK
(UK, Irish, archaic, thieves) A tinker.
A rap now at the door made all resound, / And in two bouncing blowings did rebound, / With two flash-men, a dandy, and a prig', / With whom they had been running of the rig.
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#3·Apr 27, 2026UK
(archaic) A conceited dandy; a fop.
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