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prissy adjective- prudish
- Jake, who is the most irritating 12 year old in the world, says: “Don’t act so prissy, Jane.” He shoves The Joy of Sex at me[.] — The Guardian, p. 9, 28 November 2001
- effeminate US
Perhaps a blend of “prim” and SISSY. - — Monica Dickens, The Happy Prisoner, 1946
- After seven meetings, David, a prissy, fifty-year-old confirmed bachelor, was on the verge of dropping out. — Irvin D. Yalom, Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy, p. 409, 1995
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