英语词汇“prissy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

A prissy person likes things to be neat and tidy, and expects people to follow the rules and be extremely polite. If your prissy cousin invites you to a tea party, you'd better arrive on time and wear your white gloves.

Prissy people are extremely prim and proper, and they may also be so fastidious that the sight of your muddy dog running through the dining room will disgust them. You could also complain about your school's prissy dress code, which doesn't allow you to wear your Wonder Woman costume to math class. Prissy is thought to be a Southern US invention from the late 1800s, either rooted in precise, or a combination of sissy and prim.

WORD FAMILY

prissy: prissier, prissily

USAGE EXAMPLES

"I don't think we should be prissy about this, but I am not sure we're setting a good example to the next generation of voters."

BBC(Dec 28, 2016)

Folksy without being prissy, Burnett has already written three memoirs, including a tribute to her eldest daughter, Carrie, who died of cancer at 38.

New York Times(Nov 17, 2016)

Of Mr. Hare’s screenplay, he wrote that everybody “talks in the same peculiar mixture of prissy clichés from bad drawing room comedies.”

New York Times(Oct 24, 2016)

1adj exaggeratedly proper

Syn

priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, victorian
proper

marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness

2adj excessively fastidious and easily disgusted

Syn

dainty, nice, overnice, squeamish
fastidious

giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness

单词	prissy
释义	prissy (once / 12403 pages) adj A prissy person likes things to be neat and tidy, and expects people to follow the rules and be extremely polite. If your prissy cousin invites you to a tea party, you'd better arrive on time and wear your white gloves. Prissy people are extremely prim and proper, and they may also be so fastidious that the sight of your muddy dog running through the dining room will disgust them. You could also complain about your school's prissy dress code, which doesn't allow you to wear your Wonder Woman costume to math class. Prissy is thought to be a Southern US invention from the late 1800s, either rooted in precise, or a combination of sissy and prim. WORD FAMILY prissy: prissier, prissily USAGE EXAMPLES "I don't think we should be prissy about this, but I am not sure we're setting a good example to the next generation of voters." BBC(Dec 28, 2016) Folksy without being prissy, Burnett has already written three memoirs, including a tribute to her eldest daughter, Carrie, who died of cancer at 38. New York Times(Nov 17, 2016) Of Mr. Hare’s screenplay, he wrote that everybody “talks in the same peculiar mixture of prissy clichés from bad drawing room comedies.” New York Times(Oct 24, 2016) 1adj exaggeratedly proper Syn priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, victorian proper marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness 2adj excessively fastidious and easily disgusted Syn dainty, nice, overnice, squeamish fastidious giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness
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