pecksniffian

See also: Pecksniffian

English

Alternative forms

• Pecksniffian

Etymology

Derived from the character Seth Pecksniff in the Charles Dickens novel Martin Chuzzlewit (1843).

Adjective

pecksniffian (comparative more pecksniffian, superlative most pecksniffian)

1. Of or pertaining to Pecksniffery; unctuously hypocritical; sanctimonious.
   • 2000 February 24, “Tony Blair takes his time”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     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.

Translations

of or pertaining to Pecksniffery