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Definition of prissy - 4 dictionary results

pris⋅sy

  [pris-ee]
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–adjective, -si⋅er, -si⋅est.
excessively proper; affectedly correct; prim.
Origin:
1890–95, Americanism; b. prim 1 and sissy

Related forms:
pris⋅si⋅ly, adverb
pris⋅si⋅ness, noun

Pris⋅sie

  [pris-ee]
–noun
a female given name, form of Priscilla.
Also, Prissy.
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pris·sy   (prĭs'ē)   
adj.   pris·si·er, pris·si·est
Excessively or affectedly prim and proper.

[Perhaps blend of pri(m)1 and (si)ssy.]
pris'si·ly adv., pris'si·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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prissy 
1895, first attested in Joel Chandler Harris, probably an alteration of precise (q.v.), or a merger of prim and sissy. Back-formed noun priss is recorded from 1923.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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