sanctimonious

WOTD – 4 February 2010    

English

Etymology

sanctimony +‎ -ous

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌsæŋk.tɪˈməʊ.ni.əs/, /ˌsæŋk.təˈməʊ.ni.əs/
• (US) IPA: /ˌsæŋk.tɪˈmoʊ.ni.əs/, /ˌsæŋk.təˈmoʊ.ni.əs/

Adjective

sanctimonious (comparative more sanctimonious, superlative most sanctimonious)

1. Making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically pious.
2. (archaic) Holy, devout.

Derived terms

• sanctimoniously
• sanctimoniousness
• sanctimony

Translations

making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically

• Dutch: schijnheilig (nl),hooghartig (nl)
• Finnish: tekopyhä (fi), pyhimysmäinen (fi), hurskasteleva (fi), (colloquial) jeesusteleva (fi)
• French: hypocrite (fr), faux dévot (fr), tartuffe (fr), bigot (fr), confit en dévotion (fr)
• German: frömmelnd (de), scheinheilig (de)
• Irish: diagasúil (ga), bréagchráifeach (ga)

• Italian: tartufo (it)
• Norwegian Bokmål: skinnhellig (nb)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skinheilag (nn)
• Polish: świętoszkowaty (pl) m
• Russian: ханжеский (ru) (xanžeskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: cràbhach (gd)
• Spanish: mojigato (es), tartufo (es), pechoño (es) m

holy, devout