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If someone is priggish, they behave like a prig: about what is “proper,” quick to show they of other people’s fun or mistakes, and ready to make goodness feel cold. It is an adjective, so it names the manner, not the person as a title. A priggish remark, a priggish look — that tight little face that says “I would never do that.” Same as prig; same rather old, literary flavour. Though actually, people still reach for it when they want a sharper word than strict or polite: strict can be fair; priggish always has that extra of “I am better than you.” You can call a rule, a tone, or a smile priggish, not only a person.
道學的；假正經的；道貌岸然的
組成prig + -ish (in the manner of).
同家族的字
- prigthe person this adjective describes
- priggishnessthe noun: the quality of being priggish
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
priggishadj/ˈpɹɪɡɪʃ/
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Like a prig.
- To ride; to dance; she had adored all that. Or going long walks in the country, talking, about books, what to do with one’s life, for young people were amazingly priggish—oh, the things one had said!
- When the Voice of Britain is heard at nine o'clock, better far and infinitely less ludicrous to hear aitches honestly dropped than the present priggish, inflated, inhibited, school-ma'amish arch braying of blameless bashful mewing maidens!
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。