Pecksniffian

See also: pecksniffian

English

Alternative forms

• pecksniffian

Etymology

From Pecksniff +‎ -ian.

Adjective

Pecksniffian (comparative more Pecksniffian, superlative most Pecksniffian)

1. Of or pertaining to Pecksniffery; unctuously hypocritical; sanctimonious.
   • 1985 January 23, “Harold McMillan, The Earl of Stockton, Social And Economic Policies”, in Hansard:

     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.

   • 2000 February 24, “Tony Blair takes his time”, in The Guardian:

     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