Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sanctimonious"
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. ``Like the sanctimonious
pirate.'' --Shak. -- {Sanc`ti*mo"ni*ous*ly}, adv. --
{Sanc`ti*mo"ni*ous*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sanctimonious
adj : excessively or hypocritically pious; "a sickening
sanctimonious smile" [syn: {holier-than-thou}, {pietistic},
{pietistical}, {pharisaic}, {pharisaical}, {self-righteous}]
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