prissy C2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈpɹɪsi/ See IPA manual Freq #30068 Meanings 1 adj Too concerned with proper behaviour and easily shocked; prim and fussy. She was too prissy to laugh at the rude joke. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · too concerned with proper... priggishprimprudishpuritanicalstrait-laced Word family Forms prissierprissiest Derived forms prissprissilyprissinessprisspotunprissy Etymology AI details 1895, either an alteration of precise, blend of prim + sissy, or a blend of prim + fussy; first attested in a work of American writer Joel Chandler Harris. Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # prissy **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈpɹɪsi/ **Frequency rank:** 30068 ## Meanings 1. Too concerned with proper behaviour and easily shocked; prim and fussy. ## Examples - She was too prissy to laugh at the rude joke. ## Derived Forms - priss - prissily - prissiness - prisspot - unprissy ## Etymology 1895, either an alteration of precise, blend of prim + sissy, or a blend of prim + fussy; first attested in a work of American writer Joel Chandler Harris. ## AI Etymology Prissy is first attested in 1895, either an alteration of precise, blend of prim + sissy, or a blend of prim + fussy; first attested in a work of American writer Joel Chandler Harris. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern form is built from the named base and affix. Current senses include too concerned with proper behaviour and easily shocked; prim and fussy. The wider family includes derived forms such as priss, prissily, prissiness, prisspot, and unprissy. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown