prig

IPA(Pronunciation)

/pɹɪɡ/

Noun

archaic Britain

A deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner. / (archaic) A conceited dandy; a fop.

Japanese Meaning

気取って偉そうな人、上から目線で自己顕示欲の強い人 / うぬぼれたお高く止まった人（古語：自惚れ屋、ドレッシー）

What is this buttons?

Even at the casual picnic, he acted like a prig, lecturing everyone on table manners.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

くだけたピクニックの場でも、彼はお高くとまった人のように振る舞い、みんなにテーブルマナーを説教した。

Details

Sense（1）

What spruce prig is that?

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Details

Sense（2）

(archaic) A conceited dandy; a fop.

A rap now at the door made all resound, / And in two bouncing blowings did rebound, / With two flash-men, a dandy, and a prig', / With whom they had been running of the rig.

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