English Dictionary: sanctimonious | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for sanctimonious | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sanctimonious \Sanc`ti*mo"ni*ous\, a. [See {Sanctimony}.] 1. Possessing sanctimony; holy; sacred; saintly. --Shak. 2. Making a show of sanctity; affecting saintliness; hypocritically devout or pious. [bd]Like the sanctimonious pirate.[b8] --Shak. -- {Sanc`ti*mo"ni*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Sanc`ti*mo"ni*ous*ness}, n. |