a word that sounds like picksuffian?

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a word that sounds like picksuffian?

used to keep a response short I believe.

2007-06-11 08:13:51 · 4 answers · asked by edmac_1999 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay

4 answers

2007-06-11 08:25:05 · answer #1 · answered by ROSE 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

You mean 'Pecksniffian'. It's a term used to describe someone who is hypocritical after the character Pecksniff in the Charles Dickens novel 'Martin Chuzzlewit'.

2007-06-11 08:33:05 · answer #2 · answered by quatt47 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋

Simplex sigillum veri is a Latin phrase meaning simplicity is the sign of truth but is loosely translated as Keep it simple, stupid. Could that be the phrase you are looking for?
Hope this helps,
Channa

2007-06-11 08:38:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

Well if anything would cut a rebuttal short that would...

2007-06-11 08:16:48 · answer #4 · answered by Terabell_Samantha_Ursula 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋