PECKSNIFFIAN


Meaning of PECKSNIFFIAN in English

[ pɛk'snɪfɪən ]

■ adjective hypocritical.

Origin

C19: from Mr Pecksniff , a character in Dickens's Martin Chuzzlewit , + -ian .

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