Prig vs Wrig - What's the difference?
prig | wrig |
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.
As verbs the difference between prig and wrig
is that prig is (scotland) to haggle or argue over price while wrig is (obsolete) to wriggle.As a noun prig
is a person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.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