prig

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. A deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.
2. (archaic) A conceited dandy; a fop.
3. (Ireland, UK, archaic) A tinker.
4. (Ireland, UK, archaic) A petty thief or pickpocket.

Verb

1. (archaic, slang) To filch or steal.
2. To ride.
3. (obsolete) To copulate.

Conceptes

esnob

presumptuós

Sinònims

puritan

snob

snoot

snot

goody-goody

prude

coxcomb

dandy

faultfinder

fop

formalist

importune

moocher

moralist

old maid

pedagogue

pedant

pilfer

pirate

plunder

purloiner

scrounger

snitcher

steal

stealer

stuffed shirt

swank

verbalist

whippersnapper

know-all

swiper

high muckamuck

appropriator

paragon of virtue

beg

bighead

casuist

cheat

cockscomb

Traduccions

aşırmak

presuntuoso

hırsız

yürütmek

καυχώμενος επί αρετή

κλέπτης

Tugendbold

αβδηρίτης

ηθικολόγος

bégueule

cuistre

morve

poseur

présomptueux

αυστηρών αρχών

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/pɹɪɡ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

UK 16th century. Of unknown origin. Earlier noun senses ("tinker" and "thief"), as hyponyms of "undesirable person", may have informed later senses ("conceited person").