Based on this excerpt from f. scott fitzgerald's "winter dreams," what is the meaning of the word priggish? he stayed late at the dance. he sat for an hour with irene scheerer and talked about books and about music. he knew very little about either. but he was beginning to be master of his own time now, and he had a rather priggish notion that he—the young and already fabulously successful dexter green—should know more about such things.
benign
successful
obnoxious
definitive
pessimistic

The meaning of the word priggish based on this excerpt of Scott Fitzgerlad's short story is obnoxious, option C is correct.

Obnoxious means highly objectionable or offensive; odious:

obnoxious behavior as well as annoying or objectionable due to being a showoff or attracting undue attention to oneself.

Priggish is defined in the dictionary as self-righteously moralistic and superior.

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b. failure at least that one seems the most negative out of all of the answers provided pls correct me if i'm wrong. : ))