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prig [prɪg] SUBST abw

to be a prig

быть педа́нтом

Beispielsätze für prig

to be a prig

быть педа́нтом

Einsprachige Beispiele (nicht von der PONS Redaktion geprüft)

Englisch

Stop being a prig, a live a little.

www.catholicherald.co.uk

He is a prig with an instinct for grandeur that at once muddles his statements and endows them with an ineffable grandiosity.

en.wikipedia.org

After all, if she can be turned into a nicey-nice dispenser of advice on how to become a smug, self-admiring prig, can she really be that great?

theconversation.com

His speeches portray him as a monstrous prig and a priggish monster.

www.independent.ie

For years the elitist prigs have told us that certain issues -- like immigration -- can not be discussed.

www.spectator.co.uk

Some think him a dupe, an insufferable prig, worst of all a windbag.

www.dailymail.co.uk

It is being actively harassed by a bunch of do-gooding prigs (my opinion); upholders of female dignity/practical linguists (their opinion).

www.smh.com.au

To be a sociable being is to accept give and take, and it isn't nice to be thought a prig.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Thus is born the male chauvinist prig as movie hero.

www.ft.com

A prig is a believer in red tape; that is, he exalts the method above the work done.

en.wikipedia.org