'Prig' definitions:
Definition of 'prig'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Prig'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Prig'
From: GCIDE
- Prig \Prig\, v. t.
- 1. To cheapen. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. [Perhaps orig., to ride off with. See Prick, v. t.] To filch or steal; as, to prig a handkerchief. [Cant] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Prig'
From: GCIDE
- Prig \Prig\, n.
- 1. A pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow. [1913 Webster]
- The queer prig of a doctor. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A thief; a filcher. [Cant] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'prig'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bluenose,
- Brahmin,
- clout,
- conformist,
- cop,
- egghead,
- elitist,
- filch,
- filcher,
- formalist,
- genteel,
- goody-goody,
- Grundy,
- heist,
- highbrow,
- larcener,
- larcenist,
- mandarin,
- mid-Victorian,
- nab,
- name-dropper,
- nick,
- old maid,
- pedant,
- pilfer,
- pilferer,
- precisian,
- precisionist,
- priggish,
- prissy,
- prude,
- prudish,
- purist,
- puritan,
- puritanical,
- purloiner,
- snob,
- stealer,
- stick-in-the-mud,
- straitlaced,
- stuffed shirt,
- stuffy,
- thieve,
- tufthunter,
- Victorian