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priggism
priggism (ˈprɪgɪz(ə)m) [f. prig n.3 + -ism.] † 1. Professional thievery or roguery. Obs.1743 Fielding J. Wild i. iii, An undeniable testimony of the great antiquity of Priggism. Ibid. iv. iii, While one hath a roguery (a Priggism they here call it) to commit, and another a roguery to defend. † 2. (S... Oxford English Dictionary
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prig
▪ I. † prig, n.1 Obs. Also 5–6 prigg, pryg(ge (7 prydg). [App. another form of sprig n. (nail). Cf. prag n.1] (?) = sprig, brad (usually collective).1410 in Rogers Agric. & Prices (1882) III. 447 (Wye) Tileprig 6200 {at} m/10. 1411 Ibid., Wogh prig nails... Tyle prig. 1415 Ibid., (Charles & Rowhill)... Oxford English Dictionary
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pragmatical
pragmatical, a. (n.) (prægˈmætɪkəl) [f. as pragmatic + -al1: see -ical.] A. adj. 1. = pragmatic a. 1. Now rare.1543 Formul. Faith N ij b, Sith that time, the canons pragmatical of these two counsailes, be no where used, nor yet alleged, as to be of effecte. 1593 G. Harvey Pierce's Super. Wks. (Grosa... Oxford English Dictionary
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-ism
-ism, suffix repr. F. -isme, L. -ismus, a. Gr. -ισµός, forming nouns of action from verbs in -ίζειν, e.g. βαπτίζειν to dip, baptize, βαπτισµός the action of dipping, baptism. An allied suffix was -ισµα(τ-), which more strictly expressed the finished act or thing done, and which in some cases is the ... Oxford English Dictionary
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