sanctimonious

English

WOTD – 4 February 2010

Etymology

sanctimony +‎ -ous

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

sanctimonious (comparative more sanctimonious, superlative most sanctimonious)

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

Derived terms

Translations

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

Danish: skinhellig
Dutch: schijnheilig (nl),hooghartig (nl)
Finnish: tekopyhä (fi), pyhimysmäinen, hurskasteleva (fi), (colloquial) jeesusteleva
French: hypocrite (fr), faux dévot, tartuffe (fr), bigot (fr), confit en dévotion
Galician: moino m, doido m, mansoño m
German: frömmelnd (de), scheinheilig (de)
Greek: ψευδευλαβής m (psevdevlavís), αγιοφανής (agiofanís)
Hindi: पाखण्ड (hi) (pākhaṇḍ)
Irish: diagasúil, bréagchráifeach, béalchráifeach

Italian: tartufo (it), santimonia (it)
Norwegian Bokmål: skinnhellig
Norwegian Nynorsk: skinheilag
Polish: świętoszkowaty, świętojebliwy (pl) (vulgar)
Portuguese: santimonial
Russian: ханжеский (ru) (xanžeskij)
Scottish Gaelic: beul-chràbhach, breug-chràbhach
Spanish: santurrón m, (colloquial) santón m, gazmoño m, mojigato (es) m, (Bol.) pechoño m
Swedish: skenhelig (sv)

holy, devout

Italian: bigotto (it), baciapile (it), devoto (it)

Spanish: santón m

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