prig

• There was not to be found among them what in England is known as a prig. —  Memoirs
• He does not hesitate to make his champion a prig, which is exactly what a youth so idolised by his family would be likely to become. —  Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-08
• Tolstoď would be completely blind in despising him for a prig, a pedant and a parody; and all our new insight into the divinity of muscular labor would be altogether off the track of truth But such consequences as this, you instinctively feel, are erroneous. —  Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals
• But the prig is a man easily wounded by blows to his self-esteem, not by the miseries and imperfections of humanity. —  The Art of Letters
• Then she rebuked herself fiercely for a prig--"You just try it!--you Pharisee, you!" —  Lady Connie

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms

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