prig·gish \ˈprigish, -gēsh\adjective Etymology:prig (IV) + -ish : characteristic or suggestive of a prig; especially: marked by overvaluing oneself or one's ideas, habits, notions, by precise or inhibited adherence to them, and by small disparagement of others < the instructor must not act like a priggish moderator with a gavel — J.M.Barzun > Synonyms:see complacent