priggery

priggery

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English prig
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āsjos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -ārius
Old French -ier
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ia
Old French -ie
Old French -eriebor.
Middle English -erie
English -ery
English priggery

    From prig + -ery.

    Noun

    priggery (countable and uncountable, plural priggeries)

    1. (dated) Thievery or roguery.
    2. Priggishness.

    Synonyms

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