priss
priss · prisses · prissed · prissing
маніритися, маніжитися
жеманничать
To dress or behave in a prissy mannerTo dress or behave in a prissy manner
/pɹɪs/
Translations
2 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
to behave in a prissy manner:
Русский
By meaning 1
to behave in a prissy manner:
Meaning
1 sensesTo dress or behave in a prissy manner
жема́нничатьžemánničatʹ
мані́ритисяmanírytysja, мані́житисяmanížytysja
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, prissedTenses
priss · prissed · will priss · have prissedWord family
1 related wordsDerivedpriss around
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.