Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - sanctimonious
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If you say that someone is sanctimonious, you disapprove of them because you think that they are trying to appear morally better than other people. He writes smug, sanctimonious rubbish... = self-righteous ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Date: 1603 1. hypocritically pious or devout a ~ moralist the king's ~ rebuke — G. B. Shaw 2. obsolete possessing sanctity ; holy • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. making a show of sanctity or piety. Derivatives sanctimoniously adv. sanctimoniousness n. sanctimony n. Etymology: L sanctimonia sanctity (as SAINT) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. книж. ханжеский, лицемерный his sanctimonious air —- его ханжеский вид sanctimonious knave —- лицемерный подлец sanctimonious person —- ханжа, святоша ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 1603 (in "Measure for Measure," with the disparaging sense), from sanctimony (1540), from M.Fr. sanctimonie, from L. sanctimonia "holiness, virtuousness," from sanctus "holy" (see saint). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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