Prissy
Meaning of Prissy
adjective
- fussily and excessively respectable.
a middle-class family with two prissy children
late 19th century: perhaps a blend of prim and sissy.
Information about Prissy
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- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of Prissy
Prissy
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- Prissy is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Prissy synonyms
Meaning priggish:
priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, straitlaced, straightlaced, victorian
Meaning dainty:
dainty, nice, overnice, squeamish
Meaning done in accordance with convention or etiquette; suitable for or constituting an official or important occasion:
Meaning denoting something that is truly what it is said or regarded to be; genuine:
Meaning (of a place) lacking fresh air or ventilation:
Meaning rather feeble and prim or affected:
Meaning relating to the reign of Queen Victoria:
Meaning having characteristics commonly associated with schoolmistresses, especially those of formality and briskness:
Meaning having or showing characteristics considered to be characteristic of a governess, especially primness or strictness:
Meaning (of food or diet) containing a lot of starch:
Words that rhyme with Prissy
Issy, Cissy, cissy, gneissy, hissy, kissy, Lissy, Melissy, Palissy, Missy, missy, Nissy, spissy, Chrissy, Crissy, Krissy, prissy, Sissy, sissy
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