self-righteous
English
adj
Definitions
- Piously self-assured and smugly moralistic.
Etymology
Prefix from English righteous.
Origin
English
righteous
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- overrighteous English
- right English
- righteous English
- righteously English
- self-righteously English
- self-righteousness English
- unrighteous English
- wise English
- rightwise Middle English