Querulous vs Prig - What's the difference?
querulous | prig |
Often complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful]], [[whine, whining.
* 1877 , Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet
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 an adjective querulous
is often complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful]], [[whine|whining.As a noun prig is
a person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.As a verb prig is
(scotland) to haggle or argue over price.querulous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- "There are no crimes and no criminals in these days," he said, querulously . "What is the use of having brains in our profession. I know well that I have it in me to make my name famous. No man lives or has ever lived who has brought the same amount of study and of natural talent to the detection of crime which I have done. And what is the result? There is no crime to detect, or, at most, some bungling villainy with a motive so transparent that even a Scotland Yard official can see through it."
Synonyms
* bitchy * cantankerous * critical * fretful * huffy * irritable * peevish * plaintive * testy * touchy * uptight * whiny * bemoaning * grumbling * lamenting * whiningDerived terms
* querulously * querulousnessprig
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