— Pecksniffery, Pecksniffianism, Pecksniffism , n.
/pek snif"ee euhn/ , adj. ( often l.c. )
hypocritically and unctuously affecting benevolence or high moral principles.
Also, Pecksniffish .
[ 1850-55; named after Seth Pecksniff, character in Martin Chuzzlewit, a novel (1843) by Dickens; see -IAN ]