Pecksniffian

pecksniffian English Alternative forms en pecksniffian Etymology From en Pecksniff -ian. Adjective Of or pertaining to Pecksniffery; unctuously hypocritical; sanctimonious. en https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1985-01-23/debates/11654ad9-305d-4763-b2ae-88e81b892319/SocialAndEconomicPolicies?highlight=pecksniffian#contribution-27c40cb1-fecb-4e28-ab1c-b400030c3b25:~:text=We%20have%20in%20this%20Motion%20drawn%20in%20very%20wide%20if%20somewhat%20Pecksniffian%20terms%20a%20range%20of%20subjects%20which%20would%20allow%20one%20to%20talk%20about%20almost%20any%20social%20or%20economic%20question. Harold McMillan, The Earl of Stockton, Social And Economic Policies 1985-01-23 Hansard We have in this Motion drawn in very wide if somewhat Pecksniffian terms a range of subjects which would allow one to talk about almost any social or economic question. en http://www.theguardian.com/business/2000/feb/24/emu.theeuro Tony Blair takes his time 2000-02-24 The Guardian He has good cards to play on making Brussels better and slimming the continent's heavyweight welfare states. Both can, not implausibly, be given a New Labourish colouring, though Mr Blair's lectures can sound insufferably Pecksniffian. Derived terms en Pecksniffianism Translations of or pertaining to Pecksniffery en eponyms terms derived from Dickensian works