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Definition of Prissy
1. Adjective. Exaggeratedly proper. "My straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
Similar to: Proper
Derivative terms: Priggishness, Primness, Primness, Prudishness, Puritan
2. Adjective. Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted. "So squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow"
Similar to: Fastidious
Derivative terms: Squeamishness, Squeamishness
Definition of Prissy
1. Proper noun. A diminutive of the female given name Priscilla. ¹
2. Adjective. excessively prim, proper, particular or fussy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prissy
1. excessively or affectedly proper [adj -SIER, -SIEST] : PRISSILY [adv] / one who is prissy [n -SIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prissy
Literary usage of Prissy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
""Well," said Miss Prissy, "I guess to-night, before I go to bed, I'll make a dive
at him. When a thing's once out, it's out, and can't be got in again, ..."
2. Freedom for Priscilla by Joyce Nicholson (1978)
"Prissy Asks More Questions Two days later, the Harding family saw Uncle ...
Nick and Prissy were in the back garden. They had been playing cricket on the ..."
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