English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
prissy — adjective (prissier; est) Etymology: probably blend of prim and sissy Date: 1895 overly prim and precise ; finicky • prissily adverb • prissiness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
prissy — prissily, adv. prissiness, n. /pris ee/, adj., prissier, prissiest. excessively proper; affectedly correct; prim. [1890 95, Amer.; b. PRIM1 and SISSY] * * * … Universalium
prissy — [[t]prɪ̱si[/t]] prissier, prissiest ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you say that someone is prissy, you are critical of them because they are very easily shocked by anything rude or bad. [INFORMAL] I grew to dislike the people from my background they … English dictionary
prissy — adjective (prissier, prissiest) fussily respectable; prim. Derivatives prissily adverb prissiness noun Origin C19: perh. a blend of prim and sissy … English new terms dictionary
prissy — UK [ˈprɪsɪ] / US adjective Word forms prissy : adjective prissy comparative prissier superlative prissiest 1) very easily offended or upset by unpleasant behaviour, in a way that you think is silly 2) prissy clothes or designs look silly because… … English dictionary
prissy — /ˈprɪsi / (say prisee) adjective (prissier, prissiest) Colloquial precise; prim; affectedly nice. {blend of prim and sissy} …
prissily — prissy ► ADJECTIVE (prissier, prissiest) ▪ fussily respectable; prim. DERIVATIVES prissily adverb prissiness noun. ORIGIN perhaps a blend of PRIM(Cf. ↑primness) and SISSY(Cf. ↑ … English terms dictionary
prissiness — prissy ► ADJECTIVE (prissier, prissiest) ▪ fussily respectable; prim. DERIVATIVES prissily adverb prissiness noun. ORIGIN perhaps a blend of PRIM(Cf. ↑primness) and SISSY(Cf. ↑ … English terms dictionary
prissy — ► ADJECTIVE (prissier, prissiest) ▪ fussily respectable; prim. DERIVATIVES prissily adverb prissiness noun. ORIGIN perhaps a blend of PRIM(Cf. ↑primness) and SISSY(Cf. ↑ … English terms dictionary
prissy — ☆ prissy [pris′ē ] adj. prissier, prissiest [prob. PR(IM) + (S)ISSY] Informal very prim or precise; fussy, prudish, etc. prissily adv. prissiness n … English World dictionary
