snob, prig, snot, snoot
(noun) a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
Source: WordNet® 3.1
prig (plural prigs)
(British, archaic, thieves) A tinker.
(British, archaic, thieves) A petty thief or pickpocket.
A deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.
(archaic) A conceited dandy; a fop.
• (petty thief): See Thesaurus:thief
• (person exhibiting excess propriety): goody-goody, prude, puritan
• (conceited dandy): See Thesaurus:dandy
prig (third-person singular simple present prigs, present participle prigging, simple past and past participle prigged)
(slang, dated) To filch or steal.
To ride
To copulate
• (steal): cozen, mill, purloin; see also steal
• (copulate): coitize, go to bed with, sleep with; see also copulate with
• IGRP, PIRG, grip
Source: Wiktionary
Prig, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Prigged; p. pr. & vb. n. Prigging.] Etym: [A modification of prick.]
Definition: To haggle about the price of a commodity; to bargain hard. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Prig, v. t.
1. To cheapen. [Scot.]
2. Etym: [Perhaps orig., to ride off with. See Prick, v. t.]
Definition: To filch or steal; as, to prig a handkerchief. [Cant]
Prig, n.
1. A pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow. The queer prig of a doctor. Macaulay.
2. A thief; a filcher. [Cant] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 March 2025
(adjective) (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply; “staccato applause”; “a staccato command”; “staccato notes”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
