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Adjective: prissy (prissier,prissiest)  pri-see
  1. Exaggeratedly proper
    "my prissy Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts";
    - priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, square-toed [archaic], straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian, bluenosed [US, informal], uptight [informal]
     
  2. Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
    "too prissy about his food to take to camp cooking";
    - dainty, nice, overnice, squeamish

Derived forms: prissier, prissiest

See also: fastidious, proper

Encyclopedia: Prissy