Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Hypocritically benevolent; sanctimonious.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Characteristic of or resembling Pecksniff, one of the characters in Dickens's “Martin Chuzzlewit,” characterized by an ostentatious hypocritical display of benevolence or high principle.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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"Pecksniffian," for example, was used by Bill O'Reilly a few times, and his use caused the word to spike in the daily list of words that are looked up online.
m00t 2007
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"Pecksniffian," for example, was used by Bill O'Reilly a few times, and his use caused the word to spike in the daily list of words that are looked up online.
m00t 2007
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"Pecksniffian," for example, was used by Bill O'Reilly a few times, and his use caused the word to spike in the daily list of words that are looked up online.
m00t 2007
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"Pecksniffian," for example, was used by Bill O'Reilly a few times, and his use caused the word to spike in the daily list of words that are looked up online.
m00t 2007
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"Pecksniffian," for example, was used by Bill O'Reilly a few times, and his use caused the word to spike in the daily list of words that are looked up online.
m00t 2007
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"Pecksniffian," for example, was used by Bill O'Reilly a few times, and his use caused the word to spike in the daily list of words that are looked up online.
m00t 2007
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"Pecksniffian," for example, was used by Bill O'Reilly a few times, and his use caused the word to spike in the daily list of words that are looked up online.
m00t 2007
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"Pecksniffian," for example, was used by Bill O'Reilly a few times, and his use caused the word to spike in the daily list of words that are looked up online.
m00t 2007
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Until I see you even once denounce the shrieky eliminationism that is the stock-in-trade of your political coreligionists -- some examples are compiled here, and there are several more recent ones -- I, for one, can do without your Pecksniffian faux-outrage about a throwaway and self-contradictory Twitter comment.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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