Prissy

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

ˈpɹɪsi

Definitions

A person who is prissy.
colloquial, rare
A diminutive of the female given name Priscilla.

Equivalents

Españolcaballero finoli finolisremilgado repipi

Deutschbieder brav spießigüberkorrekt zimperlich

Italianoperbenista perbenistico

11 more languages

العربيةمتحفّظ

Bosanskibrav

Catalàcursi

Češtinacimprlich prudérní upjatý

Ελληνικάσεμνότυφος

Suomisievistelevä

Hrvatskibrav

Русскийблагонравный жеманный чопорный

Српскиbrav

Svenskapimpinett

Українськаґречний

Examples

“1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure I really like ⟳ Beau. He sure enjoys being admired & lusted over. He just lays back like ⟳ a king & enjoys. What a prissy!”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

pristane pristanic acid pristanoyl pristella pristerognathid pristid

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