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goody-goody: a person who behaves extremely well in order to please a superior; affectedly or smugly good or self-righteous

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holier-than-thou collapse: excessively or hypocritically pious; "a sickening sanctimonious smile"

simpering collapse

euphemistic collapse: of an inoffensive substitute for offensive terminology; "`peepee' is a common euphemistic term"

self-righteous collapse

pharisaical collapse

pharisaic collapse

mincing collapse

goody goody collapse

overnice collapse

formalistic collapse: concerned with or characterized by rigorous or adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art); "highly formalized plays like `Waiting for Godot'"

pietistic collapse: of or relating to Pietism; "the Pietistic movement"

sanctimonious collapse

canting collapse

goody collapse

sanctified collapse

preciosity collapse: the quality of being fastidious or excessively refined

euphemism collapse: an inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive

precisian collapse

Victorian collapse: a person who lived during the reign of Victoria; typical of the moral standards or conduct of the age of Queen Victoria; of or relating to Queen Victoria of Great Britain or to the age in which she ruled; "Victorian morals"

pious collapse: having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity; "pious readings"

pantywaist collapse

prig collapse

hypocritical collapse: professing feelings or virtues one does not have; "hypocritical praise"

pedantry collapse: an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning

old maid collapse: a card game using a pack of cards from which one queen has been removed; players match cards and the player holding the unmatched queen at the end of the game is the loser (or `old maid'); the loser in a game of old maid

sniveling collapse

euphuism collapse: an elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period; characterized by balance and antithesis and alliteration and extended similes with and allusions to nature and mythology; any artificially elegant style of language

puristic collapse

unctuous collapse

overrefined collapse: excessively delicate or refined

mealymouthed collapse: hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy; "a mealymouthed politician"

mollycoddle collapse: a pampered darling; an effeminate man

weak sister collapse

old woman collapse: a woman who is old

mid Victorian collapse

insincere collapse: lacking sincerity; "a charming but thoroughly insincere woman"; "their praise was extravagant and insincere"

milksop collapse

puritan collapse: someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures; a member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the Protestant Reformation under Elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation of forms of worship

oily collapse: coated or covered with oil; "oily puddles in the streets"

priggish collapse: exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"

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