Meaning

1 senses

  1. (colloquial, rare)A person who is prissy.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. I don't like that prissy face of yours.

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  2. Mr. Phillips goes up to see Prissy Andrews nearly every evening. He says it is to help her with her lessons.

    deHerr Phillips geht fast jeden Abend zu Prissy Andrews – angeblich, um ihr beim Lernen zu helfen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Origin

1895, either an alteration of precise, blend of prim + sissy, or a blend of prim + fussy;

1895, either an alteration of precise, blend of prim + sissy, or a blend of prim + fussy; first attested in a work of American writer Joel Chandler Harris.

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Forms

plural: prissies
Singularprissy
Pluralprissies

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
prismprisonB1prisonerB1pristineprivacyB1privateA2

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