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Pecksniff
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English
Etymology
Seth Pecksniff, a sanctimonious surveyor and architect “who has never designed or built anything”, appears in Charles Dickens's novel Martin Chuzzlewit (1844).
Noun
A very hypocritical person.
Derived terms
en Pecksniffism Pecksniffery Pecksniffian
en eponyms terms derived from Dickensian works terms derived from fiction
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