单词 | pecksniffery |
释义 | Pecksnifferyn. Language or behaviour reminiscent of Pecksniff (cf. Pecksniff n.); hypocrisy, officiousness. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > sanctimoniousness > [noun] hypocrisy?c1225 pope-holya1425 saunteringc1440 pope-holiness1528 Pharisaism?1573 lip-holiness1591 lip-religion1597 hypocrism1605 lip-devotion1613 sanctimonya1618 lip-worship1656 sanctimoniousness1679 unction1692 sanctification1768 goodiness1808 pietism1829 lip-reverencec1843 Pecksniffery1848 mawwormism1850 goody-good1851 lip-homage1858 devil-dodging1866 goody-goodiness1868 goody-goodyism1868 piosity1883 unctuosity1884 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > hypocrisy > [noun] hypocrisis?c1225 hypocrisy?c1225 pope-holya1425 Pharisaism?1573 Phariseeism1585 hypocriteness1602 hypocrism1605 double-mindednessa1627 Pharisaicalness1679 sanctimoniousness1679 Tartufism1688 Pecksniffery1848 mawwormism1850 Tartufferie1851 Pecksniffianism1860 Pecksniffism1867 snide1902 Chadbandism1923 snideness1942 snidery1953 snidiness1976 1848 Albion (Liverpool) 25 Dec. 8/5 Another individual, for a transcript of whose visage while perusing the Cobden manifesto one would give a good deal, is Lord Ashley—all of the craft of Pecksniffery. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 Mar. 3/1 This odious compound of Tartuffism, Pharisaism, and Pecksniffery. 1947 K. S. Sorabji Mi contra Fa x. 87 He is apparently unaware..that he is..submitting himself to the judgment of his own upper classes... This is surely nonconformist Pecksniffery gone mad. 1986 Internat. Stud. Q. 30 390 It was another unfortunate example of misdirected American Pecksniffery. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1848 |
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