priggish

Other forms of priggish

comparative

priggisher·

superlative

priggishest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about priggish

What does priggish mean?

priggish means "exaggeratedly proper".

How many syllables are in priggish?

priggish has 2 syllables: prig-gish. The stress falls on "prig".

What is another word for priggish?

Close synonyms include prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is priggish a common word?

priggish is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.