PRIG definition: a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating …

The meaning of PRIG is thief.

In British English, a prig (/ prɪɡ /) is a person who shows an inordinately zealous approach to matters of form and propriety —especially where the prig has the ability to show superior …

/ prɪɡ / Add to word list a person who obeys the rules of correct behaviour and considers himself or herself to be morally better than other people (Definition of prig from the Cambridge …

If you call someone a prig, you disapprove of them because they behave in a very moral way and disapprove of other people's behaviour as though they are superior.

prig (prɪg) n. a person self-righteously concerned with the observance of proprieties.

Definition of prig noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

prig1 (prig), n. a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, esp. in a self-righteous or irritating manner.

There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the word prig, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English prig /prɪɡ/ noun [countable] someone who behaves in a morally good way and shows that they disapprove of the way other people …