sanctimonious

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˌsæŋk.tɪˈməʊ.ni.əs/|/ˌsæŋk.təˈməʊ.ni.əs/    美 /ˌsæŋk.tɪˈmoʊ.ni.əs/|/ˌsæŋk.təˈmoʊ.ni.əs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically pious.
    — Near-synonyms: smug; see also Thesaurus:arrogant
  2. Holy, devout. archaic

词形变化

more sanctimonious comparative most sanctimonious superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
DeSanctimonious nonsanctimonious sanctimoniously sanctimoniousness unsanctimonious
相关词
sanctimony

词源

Etymology tree
English sanctimony
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?
Proto-Italic *-ōtsos or *-otsos
Latin -ōsus
Old French -usbor.
Middle English -ous
English -ous
English sanctimonious
From sanctimony + -ous.
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