Definition of PRISSY

prissy

Plural: prissies

Adjective Satellite

  • exaggeratedly proper
  • excessively fastidious and easily disgusted

Adj

  • Prim and fussy; too precise; over-particular.
  • Lacking masculine vigor; sissified; effeminate.
  • Well-mannered; well-behaved.

Noun

  • An individual who is excessively proper or fastidious in behavior.
  • A person who is prissy.

Adjective

  • Excessively or affectedly proper, easily shocked, or fastidious.

Examples

  • His prissy refusal to use any two-letter words made winning Scrabble much harder.
  • That prissy opponent always insisted on using a physical dictionary for every single play.

Origin / Etymology

1895, either an alteration of precise, blend of prim + sissy, first attested in a work of American writer Joel Chandler Harris.

Synonyms

dainty, nice, overnice, priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, squeamish, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, victorian

Scrabble Score: 11

prissy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
prissy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
prissy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

prissy: valid Words With Friends Word