sanctimonious

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English

Etymology

sanctimony +‎ -ous

Pronunciation

Adjective

sanctimonious (comparative more sanctimonious, superlative most sanctimonious)

  1. Making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically pious.
  2. (archaic) Holy, devout.

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