SANCTIMONIOUS

pietistic, holier-than-thou, pietistical, pharisaic, pharisaical, sanctimonious, self-righteous

(adjective) excessively or hypocritically pious; “a sickening sanctimonious smile”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

sanctimonious (comparative more sanctimonious, superlative most sanctimonious)

Making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically pious.

(archaic) Holy, devout.

Source: Wiktionary

Sanc`ti*mo"ni*ous, a. Etym: [See Sanctimony.]

1. Possessing sanctimony; holy; sacred; saintly. Shak.

2. Making a show of sanctity; affecting saintliness; hypocritically devout or pious. "Like the sanctimonious pirate." Shak.

– Sanc`ti*mo"ni*ous*ly, adv.

– Sanc`ti*mo"ni*ous*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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25 February 2025

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”

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