priggish

[Eng. prig; -ish.] 1. Like a prig; conceited, pert; characteristic of a prig. 2. Thievish, dishonest. "His own priggish desires enslave him."- Fielding: Jonathan Wild, bk. iv., ch. iii. prig-gish-ly, adv. [Eng. priggish; -ly.] In a priggish manner; conceitedly, pertly. 3239