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Pecksniffian
adjective
[ pɛkˈsnɪfɪən ]
• affecting benevolence or high moral principles.
• "he adopted a Pecksniffian tone"
Origin:
mid 19th century: from Mr Pecksniff, the name of a character in Dickens's Martin Chuzzlewit, + -ian.
