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    PRISSY

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    Irregular inflected forms: prissier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, prissiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (adjective) 

    Comparative and superlative

    Comparative: prissier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Superlative: prissiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Excessively fastidious and easily disgustedplay

    Example:

    so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow

    Synonyms:

    dainty; nice; overnice; prissy; squeamish

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    fastidious (giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Exaggeratedly properplay

    Example:

    my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts

    Synonyms:

    priggish; prim; prissy; prudish; puritanical; square-toed; straight-laced; straightlaced; strait-laced; straitlaced; tight-laced; victorian

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    proper (marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness)

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