priggishness in English

noun

['prɪgɪʃnɪs]

meticulousness. strictness; pedanticalness, pettiness; conceit, arrogance; primness, state of being overly concerned with one's appearance

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1. Usage Problem To cause to be mildly or wryly amused: "Unlike William McKinley, whose priggishness Bemused him, Roosevelt had no compunctions about smoking cigars

2. Aspergation - baptizement - bar sinister - celebration - christening - humiliation - insinuation - kiss of peace - personality 12 letter words captiousness - circumcision - confirmation - faultfinding - lesser litany - pettifogging - priggishness - processional - vituperation 13 letter words