Explore Prig through 3 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like snob or snot. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Prig in a sentence
Related words
Prig meaning
- A deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.
- A conceited dandy; a fop.
- A tinker.
Using Prig
- The main meaning on this page is: A deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner. | A conceited dandy; a fop. | A tinker.
- Useful related words include: snob, snot, snoot, unpleasant person.
Context around Prig
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Prig
- In this selection, "prig" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, consumer and nam stand out and add context to how "prig" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include forgetting the prig nam plaa and of a prig was sydney. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "prig" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with prig
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
More upsetting to Roose however – who comes off as somewhat of a prig – was Sydney’s expressions of love for the reporter. (22 words)
The report was co-authored by by several public interest groups, including U.S. PRIG, Consumer Reports and the Natural Resources Defense Council. (23 words)
We do not know the origin of this combination, but pad grapow has to be served with steamed rice, fried egg and not forgetting the ‘prig nam plaa’ chilli fish sauce. (31 words)
We do not know the origin of this combination, but pad grapow has to be served with steamed rice, fried egg and not forgetting the ‘prig nam plaa’ chilli fish sauce. (31 words)
The report was co-authored by by several public interest groups, including U.S. PRIG, Consumer Reports and the Natural Resources Defense Council. (23 words)
More upsetting to Roose however – who comes off as somewhat of a prig – was Sydney’s expressions of love for the reporter. (22 words)
Example sentences (3)
More upsetting to Roose however – who comes off as somewhat of a prig – was Sydney’s expressions of love for the reporter.
The report was co-authored by by several public interest groups, including U.S. PRIG, Consumer Reports and the Natural Resources Defense Council.
We do not know the origin of this combination, but pad grapow has to be served with steamed rice, fried egg and not forgetting the ‘prig nam plaa’ chilli fish sauce.