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prissy
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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
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i
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–noun
a female given name, form of
Priscilla.
Also,
Prissy.
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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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
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History
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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