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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Excessively or affectedly prim and proper.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. excessively prim, proper, particular or fussy
  2. adj. well-mannered, well-behaved

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. exaggeratedly proper
  2. adj. excessively fastidious and easily disgusted

Etymologies

  1. 1895, either an alteration of precise, or blend of prim and sissy; first attested in American writer Joel Chandler Harris. (Wiktionary)
  2. Perhaps blend of pri(m)1 and (si)ssy. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “I, as I said, was raised Catholic, and I was I don't know that I would use the word prissy, but I was awfully devout and careful.”

    NPR: Agnostic Michael Krasny Has 'Spiritual Envy'

  • “And yes, I fully expect to be called prissy again.”

    Balloon Juice

  • “great post kyran we should focus on what unites us not what makes us different. and hey i don't mind being called a prissy bitch sometimes...my husband is canadian citizen now but he was a political refugee and he is also proud to be canadian”

    Canadian-Ish

  • “A newspaper friendly to Helms -- known as the Landmark -- accused Hunt of being "prissy" and suggested that he was gay.”

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  • “Shepherd dedicated herself to morphing "from a 'prissy' woman who never exercised to the Guinness Book of World Records 'oldest female bodybuilder," ABC News reports.”

    The Huffington Post: Ernestine Shepherd, 74-Year-Old Bodybuilder, Inspires, Teaches Fitness (VIDEO)

  • “And a big part of Kilgore's problem is his "prissy" voice.”

    Archive 2005-11-06

  • “She calls herself "prissy", if that tells you anything.”

    I'd wish upon a satellite to bring me back to you

  • “But frankly his kind of prissy, whining, attention-seeking (like drama queen) behaviour is just so f**ckin 'annoying.”

    Evil Beet Gossip

  • “Parents not encouraging kids, young people seeing education as "prissy", and the general lack of support that poor youth get from the inside.”

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  • “Thousands of workers face overtime ban after MEPs block Britain's opt-out of Europe's 48-hour week Don't call the kids obese: Parents to get 'prissy' letters telling them they're children are overweight Stop stealing our jobs: Thousands of oil workers across Britain walk out in row over influx of foreign labour Pay the obese to take a walk: Now the nanny state offers rewards just for losing weight in”

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equivalents (2)

Other words for ‘prissy’

  1. proper
  1. fastidious

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rhymes (6)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Chrissie
  1. Chrissy
  1. Missy
  1. Sissy
  1. missy
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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. primly
  1. prissily

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