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单词 pecksniffery
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
Peck•sniff•i•an  (pek snifē ən),USA pronunciation adj. (often l.c.)
  1. hypocritically and unctuously affecting benevolence or high moral principles.
Also, Pecksniff•ish. 
  • 1850–55; named after Seth Pecksniff, character in Martin Chuzzlewit, a novel (1843) by Dickens; see -ian
Pecksniff•er•y, Peck•sniffi•an•ism, Pecksniff•ism, n. 

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