Meaning

1 senses

  1. To dress or behave in a prissy manner

    жема́нничатьžemánničatʹ

    мані́ритисяmanírytysja, мані́житисяmanížytysja

Translations

2 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to behave in a prissy manner:
Русский
By meaning 1
to behave in a prissy manner:

Origin

Back-formation from prissy (analyzed as priss + -y (“(manner)”)); noun attested 1923.

Back-formation from prissy (analyzed as priss + -y (“(manner)”)); noun attested 1923.

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Forms

prisses, prissing, prissed, prissed
Base formpriss · to priss
3rd person singularprisses
Present participleprissing
Past simpleprissed
Past participleprissed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypriss
he, she, itprisses

Past simpleLesson

all personsprissed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave prissed
he, she, ithas prissed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill priss

Word family

1 related words
Derivedpriss around

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
prismprisonB1prisonerB1pristineprivacyB1privateA2
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