Pecksniff
English
Etymology
Seth Pecksniff, a sanctimonious surveyor and architect “who has never designed or built anything”, appears in Charles Dickens' novel Martin Chuzzlewit (1844).
Noun
Pecksniff (plural Pecksniffs)
- A very hypocritical person.
Derived terms
- Pecksniffery
- Pecksniffian