prig Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
    snob; snoot; snot.

WordNet

Prig intransitive verb
Etymology
A modification of prick.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Prigged ; present participle & verbal noun Prigging
Definitions
  1. To haggle about the price of a commodity; to bargain hard. Prov. Eng. & Scot.
Prig transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To cheapen. Scot.
  2. Perhaps orig., to ride off with. See Prick, v. t. To filch or steal; as, to prig a handkerchief. Cant
Prig noun
Definitions
  1. A pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow.
    The queer prig of a doctor. Macaulay.
  2. A thief; a filcher. Cant Shak.

Webster 1913