English Dictionary

priggism

名詞

不可算名詞 通常 廃用

The quality or state of being priggish; the manners of a prig; exaggerated propriety, fussiness about trivialities. / (obsolete) Roguery; thievery.

日本語の意味

過度な堅物ぶり、細かいことに過敏な形式主義（堅物的な振る舞い） / （古語）悪党行為、盗みに類する不正行為

Her insistence on correcting every minor breach of etiquette revealed an exhausting priggism that alienated her friends.

些細な礼儀の乱れまで正そうとする彼女の態度は、友人たちを遠ざけるほど疲れる独善性を露呈した。

意味（1）

The quality or state of being priggish; the manners of a prig; exaggerated propriety, fussiness about trivialities.

Earl Grey is an elegant man in his person; and his usual dress is tight and trim, bordering upon priggism.

意味（2）

(obsolete) Roguery; thievery.

Now, Gentlemen, when we are no longer Prigs, we shall no longer have these Fears or these Desires. What remains, therefore, for us, but to resolve bravely to lay aside our Priggism, our Roguery, in plainer Words, and preserve our Liberty, or to give up the latter in the Preservation and Preference of the former.

priggisms （ plural ）