prig

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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.

Konzepte

eingebildet

Tugendbold

Besserwisserin

Synonyme

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

Übersetzungen

aşırmak

presuntuoso

hırsız

yürütmek

κλέπτης

πουριτανός

presumptuós

bégueule

καυχώμενος επί αρετή

cuistre

morve

poseur

présomptueux

prétentieux

αβδηρίτης

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/pɹɪɡ/

Etymologie (Englisch)

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