- 1道學氣;假正經
Priggishness is the quality — the habit, the air — of being priggish. Not the person, but the way of being: that mix of moral pride and looking down on others. You might talk about the priggishness of a remark, or someone’s priggishness about money, food, or “correct” behaviour. It is a long, formal noun and you will mostly meet it in writing. Though actually, English speakers reach for this word when pride is too kind and snobbery is not quite right: a snob looks down from class or taste; priggishness looks down from morals. It always carries . Nobody boasts of their priggishness.
組成priggish + -ness (the quality of).
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,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。
priggishnessnoun
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The state or quality of being priggish.
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