Wednesday word: Pecksniffian

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Heee, such a fun word!  ^_^

pecksniffian: [pek-snif-ee-uhn]

Adjective: Hypocritically benevolent; sanctimonious; Affecting high moral principles.


Origin:1850-55; named after Seth Pecksniff, character in Martin Chuzzlewit, a novel by Charles Dickens.

"Pecksniffish" is an acceptable variation.

Comments

Re: Nice choice!

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Also, Lovecraft would've been screwed if the women in his life had not catered to his extreme misanthropy (that honestly bordered -- if it wasn't formally -- Aspergers, imho); I find his psychological state as interesting as his work in conjunction with one another (it really is the exploration of his own mind) although it also did alter the current notions of sci-fi at that time.

I met someone whose mother reputedly hated A Christmas Carol for being "preachy" and there was something ironically humorous about that. I definitely needed the term Havisham and have used it readily.