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)

1. A very hypocritical person.

Derived terms

• Pecksniffery
• Pecksniffian