priggish

英 [ˈprɪɡɪʃ]

美 [ˈprɪɡɪʃ]

adj.  自命清高的; 一本正经的

BNC.35917 / COCA.41613

柯林斯词典

• 自命清高的；一本正经的
  If you describe someone aspriggish, you think that they are a prig.

英英释义

adj

• exaggeratedly proper
  1. my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
  Synonym:primprissyprudishpuritanicalsquare-toedstraitlacedstrait-lacedstraightlacedstraight-lacedtight-lacedvictorian

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