Word: priggery
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: prig
ger
y
Definition: Priggishness; exaggerated and arrogant properness
Morphemes:
Affix: prig
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.
Affix: -ery
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to nouns to form other nouns meaning "behavior characteristic of."
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ārius
Language: la
Decoded: -arius
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns or numerals.