单词	prissy
释义	prissy adjective pris·​sy ˈpri-sē  prissier; prissiest : overly prim and precise : finicky prissily ˈpri-sə-lē  adverb prissiness ˈpri-sē-nəs  noun 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 Word History Etymology probably blend of prim and sissy First Known Use 1894, in the meaning defined above prissy adjective as in nice 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. She was too prissy to wear jeans. a prissy do-gooder Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance nice delicate demanding prim particular careful finicky persnickety dainty pernickety fussy finicking critical fastidious picky selective exacting finical choosy meticulous choosey discriminating discerning hypercritical captious overcritical punctilious petulant caviling fussbudgety carping knowledgeable scrupulous old-maidish overdemanding insightful niminy-piminy peevish faultfinding ultrafastidious hyperfastidious squeamish touchy painstaking cavilling prickly queasy queazy Antonyms & Near Antonyms lackadaisical affable carefree breezy lax relaxed loose lenient flexible permissive devil-may-care laid-back uncritical happy-go-lucky undiscriminating indiscriminating low-pressure undemanding unfussy unfastidious See More
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