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3 finomkodó
(DE) zimperlich; (EN) genteel; kid-glove; mealy-mouthed; miminy-piminy; namby-pamby; ornate; pretty-pretty; prissy; proper -
4 fontoskodó
(DE) Dicktuer {r}; Geschaftlhuber {r}; Großkotz; Gschaftlhuber {r}; Wichtigmacher {r}; Wichtigtuer {r}; Adabei {r}; Klugredner {r}; geheimnistuerisch; (EN) bumptious; bustling; cocksy; consequential; coxy; fly on the wheel; fusser; fussy; hoity-toity; leguleian; officious; opinionated; opinioned; opinonative; owlish; pompous; pragmatic; pragmatical; prissy; reasoner; self-important; spoffish -
5 keresett
(DE) gesucht; (EN) be in request; in demand; mannered; mannerized; miminy-piminy; much in demand; prissy; recherché; sell, sold; sought; wanted
См. также в других словарях:
prissy — 1895, first attested in Joel Chandler Harris, probably an alteration of PRECISE (Cf. precise) (q.v.), or a merger of prim and sissy … Etymology dictionary
prissy — *prim, priggish, prudish, puritanical, straitlaced, stuffy Analogous words: womanish, effeminate, ladylike, *female: finicky, fastidious, *nice, squeamish: scrupulous, punctilious, meticulous, *careful … New Dictionary of Synonyms
prissy — [adj] particular and fussy epicene, fastidious, finicky, genteel, goody goody*, goodytwo shoes*, overnice, pansified, persnickety, picky, precious, prim, prim and proper*, prudish, puritanical, sissified, sissy, squeamish, stickling, strait laced … New thesaurus
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
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 — [[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 — pris|sy [ prısi ] adjective very easily offended or upset by unpleasant behavior, in a way that you think is silly: PRIM a. prissy clothes or designs look silly because they are too tidy and traditional: FUSSY … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
prissy — Perfect, beautiful, nothing out of place an anti compliment. Emma is so prissy look at her hair … Dictionary of american slang
prissy — Perfect, beautiful, nothing out of place an anti compliment. Emma is so prissy look at her hair … Dictionary of american slang
prissy — adjective informal behaving very correctly and easily shocked by anything rude: “She s not a very nice girl,” Jinny said in her prissy little voice. prissily adverb prissiness noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
