Usually means: Sanctimonious and hypocritically moralistic behavior.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word pecksniffian:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. Pecksniffian, Pecksniffian: Merriam-Webster
  2. Pecksniffian: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Pecksniffian: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Pecksniffian: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Pecksniffian: Wordnik
  6. Pecksniffian, pecksniffian: Wiktionary
  7. Pecksniffian: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. Pecksniffian: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Pecksniffian: Dictionary.com
  10. Pecksniffian: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. Pecksniffian: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. Pecksniffian: World Wide Words

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. pecksniffian: A Word A Day
  2. pecksniffian: Wordcraft Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Pecksniffian)

adjective:  Of or pertaining to Pecksniffery; unctuously hypocritical; sanctimonious.
adjective:  Alternative letter-case form of pecksniffian [Of or pertaining to Pecksniffery; unctuously hypocritical; sanctimonious.]

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