as in puritan
disapproving
someone who annoys people by being very careful about proper behavior and by criticizing the behavior of other people
She is too much of a prig for my liking.
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Even girls, against the advice of monks and prigs, were taught to read and write.
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Claudia Roth Pierpont, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
Yet, sadly, this kind of glorious sandwich has become a very rare thing in America, and one need not be a New York prig to contend that outside of New York, good Jewish deli—which is a tautology—is nearly impossible to find, with the exception of one or two places in Los Angeles.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021
The 21st century has been a boon to young abstainers who reject the word alcoholic, and to anyone who wants to quit drinking without becoming a sad sack or a prig.
—Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 19 Apr. 2022
Not only would this person likely be perceived as a prig, but their reasoning is unlikely to succeed on Wikipedia.
—Stephen Harrison, Wired, 15 Jan. 2021
Claudia Roth Pierpont, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
Yet, sadly, this kind of glorious sandwich has become a very rare thing in America, and one need not be a New York prig to contend that outside of New York, good Jewish deli—which is a tautology—is nearly impossible to find, with the exception of one or two places in Los Angeles.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021
The 21st century has been a boon to young abstainers who reject the word alcoholic, and to anyone who wants to quit drinking without becoming a sad sack or a prig.
—Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 19 Apr. 2022
Not only would this person likely be perceived as a prig, but their reasoning is unlikely to succeed on Wikipedia.
—Stephen Harrison, Wired, 15 Jan. 2021
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“Prig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prig. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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