pruney
/ˈpruːni/(also pruny)
adjective
1Prim; affected. Originally in pruney and prismatic (or prismy): = prunes and prismy.
2Resembling or characteristic of a prune.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Charles Dickens (1812–1870), novelist. From prune + -y.
- swing coat
- swing door
- swinge
- swingeing
- swingeingly
- swinger
- swing for the fences
- swinging
- swinging dick
- swinging door
- swingingly
- swing into action
- swingle
- swingletree
- swingman
- swingometer
- swing (or sling) the billy
- swings and roundabouts
- swing set
- swing shift
- swing state
- swing the banjo
- swing the lead
- mendelevium
- Mendel, Gregor Johann