| Riggish | a. Like a rig or wanton. [ Obs. ] “Riggish and unmaidenly.” Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Priggish | a. Like a prig; conceited; pragmatical. -- |
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| priggish | (adj) exaggeratedly proper, Syn. puritanical, strait-laced, prudish, straitlaced, prim, straightlaced, square-toed, prissy, victorian, straight-laced, tight-laced, Example: my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts |
| priggishly | (adv) in a priggish manner, Example: this professor acts so priggishly--like a moderator with a gavel! |
| priggishness | (n) exaggerated and arrogant properness, Syn. primness |