/pɹɪˈsi/ - [prisee] - pris•sy
We found 5 definitions of prissy from 3 different sources.
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prissy - exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts" | ||
priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian | ||
proper appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs; "everything in its proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the position" | ||
prissy - excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow" | ||
dainty, nice, overnice, squeamish | ||
fastidious giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness" |