prissier

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• prissier — pris·sy || prɪsɪ n. highly meticulous or strict person; finicky or fussy person; affectedly neat or prim person adj. (Slang) precise, exacting; strict, meticulous; dandified, overly concerned with one s own appearance …   English contemporary dictionary

• 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