[prɪɡ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a self-righteously moralistic person who behaves as if they are superior to others
(e.g: too much overt goodness can be the sign of a prig)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century: of unknown origin. The earliest sense was ‘tinker’ or ‘petty thief’, whence ‘disliked person’, especially ‘someone who is affectedly and self-consciously precise’ (late 17th century)