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Pecksniffery

Pecksniffery noun: hypocritical or sanctimonious behaviour or language.

Noun

Pecksniffery (uncountable)

  1. Hypocritical or sanctimonious behaviour or language.
    • Dangerous stuff. The worst kind of cant and pecksniffery.1993, TC Boyle, The Road to Wellville, Penguin, published 1994, page 390

Synonyms of Pecksniffery

Origin of Pecksniffery

From Pecksniff + -ery.

Questions about Pecksniffery

What does Pecksniffery mean?
Pecksniffery means hypocritical or sanctimonious behaviour or language.
What part of speech is Pecksniffery?
Pecksniffery is a noun.

Words near Pecksniffery in the dictionary

  1. peckproof
  2. pecks
  3. pecks at
  4. pecksful
  5. Pecksniff
  6. Pecksniffery
  7. pecksniffian
  8. Pecksniffianism
  9. Pecksniffism
  10. Pecksniffs
  11. pecky

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