a person who behaves in a morally correct way and who shows that they disapprove of what other people do
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NAmE//ˈprɪɡɪʃ//
adjective He was in danger of becoming priggish and opinionated. noun [uncountable]See prig in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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