Dictionary 1. (a.) Making a show of sanctity; hypocritically devout or pious\.2. (a.) Possessing sanctimony; holy; sacred; saintly. Thesaurus Pecksniffian Quakerish Tartuffian Tartuffish Victorian affected canting censorious deceiving demure FALSE fanatical goody goody-goody hidebound holier-than-thou hypocritic hypocritical insincere mealy-mouthed mealymouthed mid-Victorian narrow oily old-maidish overdevout overmodest overreligious overrighteous overzealous pecksniffian pharisaic pharisaical pharisean pietistic pious priggish prim prudish puritanical sanctified self-righteous simon-pure smug sniveling snuffling stiff-necked straitlaced stuffy ultrareligious unctuous zealotic zealous |