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PRIGGISHNESS
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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)