Chapter Preternaturally to Problem of P by Soule's Synonymes

Prickle, n. Little prick, thorn, spine; small, sharp-pointed projection.

Prickleback, n. Stickleback.

Prickly-pear, n. Indian fig (Cactus opuntia).

Prick up the ears. Listen sharply, attend closely.

Prickwood, n. Spindle-tree (Euonymous Europæus).

Pride, n.

1. Self-esteem, self-exaltation, self-complacency, self-sufficiency, conceit, vanity.

2. Haughtiness, loftiness, lordliness, superciliousness, assumption, insolence, vain-glory, arrogance, presumption, hauteur.

3. Elevation (of character), dignity, lofty self-respect, noble self-esteem.

4. Ornament, decoration, splendor, show, glory.

5. Boast, occasion of pride.

6. Splendid show, ostentation.

Pride one’s self on. Boast, take pride in, rate highly, glory in, pique one’s self on, plume one’s self on.

Priest, n. Clergyman, divine, minister, pastor, parson, ecclesiastic, churchman, presbyter.

Priestly, a. Sacerdotal.

Prig, n. Puppy, coxcomb, conceited, pert, or pragmatical fellow, fop, jackanapes.

Priggery, n. Pertness, conceit, coxcombry, priggism.

Priggish, a. Conceited, affected, prim, pert, saucy, coxcomical, foppish, vain, affected, (colloq.).

Prim, a. Formal, stiff, precise, starch, starched, strait-laced, affectedly nice, demure.

Prim, n. Privet, print (Ligustrum vulgare).

Primacy, n.

1. Excellency, supremacy.

2. Primateship.