pi-jaw
noun
British
: pious or moralizing talk or cant
millions of hours under schoolroom discipline, reading the Bible, listening to pi-jaws
Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley
Word History
Etymology
pi entry 6 + jaw
- temperament
- temperamental
- temperamentally
- temperaments
- temperance
- temperances
- temperas
- temperate
- temperate rain forest
- temperate zone
- temperated
- temperately
- temperateness
- temperatenesses
- temperates
- temperating
- temperature
- temperature coefficient
- temperature curve
- temperature gradient
- temperature inversion
- temperature scale
- temperature sensation
- temperature sense
- temperature spot