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pecker
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Pecksniffian
Peck·sniff·i·an [ pek sníffee ən ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
hypocritical: hypocritical and making a show of having high moral principles
[Mid-19th century. After Mr. Pecksniff, character in Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) by Charles Dickens]
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