Prig vs Prim - What's the difference?
prig | prim |
A person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.
(British, archaic) A petty thief or pickpocket
* William Topaz McGonagall, The Christmas Goose
(archaic) A conceited dandy; a fop.
(Scotland) To haggle or argue over price.
(slang, dated) To filch or steal.
prudish, straight-laced
formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice
(dated) To make affectedly precise or proper.
(dated) To dress or act smartly.
As nouns the difference between prig and prim
is that prig is a person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner while prim is privet.As verbs the difference between prig and prim
is that prig is to haggle or argue over price while prim is to make affectedly precise or proper.As an adjective prim is
prudish, straight-laced.prig
English
Etymology 1
Of origin.Noun
(en noun)- But a policeman captur'd the naughty boy, / And gave the goose to Smiggs, / And said he was greatly bother'd / By a set of juvenile prigs .
Synonyms
* (person exhibiting excess propriety) prudeDerived terms
* priggishEtymology 2
Of origin.Verb
- to prig a handkerchief
Anagrams
*prim
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) prim, prin, from (etyl) (lena) .Adjective
(primmer)- prim''' regularity; a '''prim person
- (Jonathan Swift)