English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
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
prim — adj Prim, priggish, prissy, prudish, puritanical, straitlaced, stuffy mean excessively concerned with what one regards as proper or right. Prim and priggish (see also COMPLACENT) both imply an excessive and conscious fastidiousness in manners and … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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
