-
1 prissy
-
2 prissy
s.Prissy, nombre propio. -
3 prim
prim((of a person, behaviour etc) too formal and correct: a prim manner; a prim old lady.) formal, remilgado- primly- primness
tr[prɪm]1 (stiffly formal) remilgado,-a, formal; (prudish) gazmoño,-a■ prim and proper remilgado,-a1) prissy: remilgado2) prudish: mojigato, gazmoñoadj.• estirado, -a adj.• etiquetero, -a adj.• relamido, -a adj.• remilgado, -a adj.prɪmadjective -mer, -mestb) ( neat) cuidado[prɪm]ADJ (compar primmer) (superl primmest) (also: prim and proper) (=formal) formal, estirado; (=demure) remilgado, cursi; (=prudish) mojigato, gazmoño* * *[prɪm]adjective -mer, -mestb) ( neat) cuidado -
4 remilgado
-
5 repipi
repipi
I adj fam (esp niño) precocious (pedante) pedantic (ñoño) fussy (cursi) affected
es una niña repipi, she's a precocious brat
II mf (pedante) pedant (ñoño) fussy person (cursi) affected person (niño) little know-all, show-off ' repipi' also found in these entries: Spanish: remilgada - remilgado English: madam - prissy - prim
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
