E. F. Benson

Taste is one of the five senses, and the man who tells us with priggish pride that he does not care what he eats is merely boasting of his sad deficiency: he might as well be proud of being deaf or blind, or, owing to a perpetual cold in the head, of being devoid of the sense of smell.

English Novelist

George Sand

Faith is an excitement and an enthusiasm: it is a condition of intellectual magnificence to which we must cling as to a treasure, and not squander on our way through life in the small coin of empty words, or in exact and priggish argument.

French Novelist

Claire Tomalin

I was very priggish as a child. I saved up for a book on medieval English nunneries, for which I was despised by my friends.

English Author

Priggish has a negative tone, suggesting unnecessary or excessive strictness in moral matters.

Negative Connotation

Using 'priggish' implies that someone's behavior is irritating or annoying due to their self-perceived superiority.

Often Annoying

'Priggish' isn't just about honesty; it's about being overly showy in one's morality.

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