prig[noun]Synonyms: goody-goody
(informal), prude, puritan, stuffed shirt
(informal) [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
prig /prɪɡ/
noun [countable][
Date: 1600-1700;
Origin: Probably from prig 'showy man' (17-19 centuries), perhaps from prig 'tinker, thief' (16-19 centuries)]
someone who behaves in a morally good way and shows that they disapprove of the way other people behave – used to show disapproval:
Don’t be such a prig! It’s only a bit of harmless fun!—priggish adjective:
a rather priggish, old-fashioned man—priggishness noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲