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prissy
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
prissier; prissiest
prissier; prissiest
Learner's definition of PRISSY
[also more prissy; most prissy] informal + disapproving
: having or showing the annoying attitude of people who care too much about dressing and behaving properly and who are easily upset by other people's behavior, language, etc.过分讲究的；刻板的；大惊小怪的
- She was too prissy to wear jeans.她过于讲究，从不穿牛仔裤。
- a prissy do-gooder刻板的行善者
Example Sentences
She was too prissy to wear jeans.
Recent Examples on the Web Sharon Sanders: — and perfume and being prissy (laughs). 
CBS News, 21 May 2022 After her father’s death, Delilah Green grew up in the company of her frosty stepmother, Isabel, and prissy stepsister, Astrid—so as soon as high school was over, Delilah left town and never looked back. Keely Weiss, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Feb. 2022 Bows may seem prissy, but there's actually surprisingly versatile. Bella Cacciatore, Glamour, 9 Dec. 2021 They’re being mocked as silly, prissy, stupid, elite. Mary Schmich, chicagotribune.com, 15 May 2021 Like much else in the county, Yorkshire cuisine is not prissy, but this pub serves comfort food with particular vigor. Joshua Levine, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2021 Who was so fancy and prissy as to need to ride around in a refrigerator during the summer? Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 4 Mar. 2021 Acknowledging this by seeking better language is a basic effort to be polite, not prissy. Ian Durham, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2021 People are choosing to be prissy about the rough-and-tumble of politics. Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 12 June 2019 See More
CBS News, 21 May 2022 After her father’s death, Delilah Green grew up in the company of her frosty stepmother, Isabel, and prissy stepsister, Astrid—so as soon as high school was over, Delilah left town and never looked back. Keely Weiss, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Feb. 2022 Bows may seem prissy, but there's actually surprisingly versatile. Bella Cacciatore, Glamour, 9 Dec. 2021 They’re being mocked as silly, prissy, stupid, elite. Mary Schmich, chicagotribune.com, 15 May 2021 Like much else in the county, Yorkshire cuisine is not prissy, but this pub serves comfort food with particular vigor. Joshua Levine, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2021 Who was so fancy and prissy as to need to ride around in a refrigerator during the summer? Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 4 Mar. 2021 Acknowledging this by seeking better language is a basic effort to be polite, not prissy. Ian Durham, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2021 People are choosing to be prissy about the rough-and-tumble of politics. Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 12 June 2019 See More Word History
Etymology
probably blend of prim and sissy
First Known Use
1894, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
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