Meaning of pecksniffian | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Of or pertaining to Pecksniffery; unctuously hypocritical; sanctimonious.
2. Alternative letter-case form of Pecksniffian.
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Examples

“We have⟳ in this Motion drawn in very wide if somewhat Pecksniffian terms a range of subjects which would allow⟳ one to talk⟳ about almost any social or economic question⟳.”

“He has good cards to play⟳ on making Brussels better and slimming the continent's heavyweight welfare states. Both can, not implausibly, be given a New Labourish colouring, though Mr Blair's lectures can sound⟳ insufferably Pecksniffian.”

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