prig [prɪg] СУЩ. уничиж.
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A self-conscious prig, so given to examining all sides of a question that he becomes thoroughly addled while remaining always in the same spot.
en.wikipedia.org After all, if she can be turned into a nicey-nice dispenser of advice on how to become a smug, self-admiring prig, can she really be that great?
theconversation.com To be a sociable being is to accept give and take, and it isn't nice to be thought a prig.
www.telegraph.co.uk But she was evidently a strange child -- greatly preferring the company of adults, educated patchily and -- by her own confession -- rather a prig.
www.telegraph.co.uk A prig is a believer in red tape; that is, he exalts the method above the work done.
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