priss
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8.7
- noun
- /prɪs/
- Offensive
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- God, it's like just because I don't get drunk and barf every weekend, people say, "Oh, here's this goody-two-shoes choir-girl priss."
- Miss Priss
- little priss
So she goes on and she says, do you know what I have towards this priss Android?
- So she goes on and she says, do you know what I have towards this priss Android?
Examples
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They're all fooled, but... you really are a priss.
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"Well, don't blame me, Miss Priss," she said from inside the freezer chest.
Fiction book (1992) -
All right, Miss Priss, cut that out.
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Especially little miss priss over there.
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So stop being such a priss.
Fiction book (1990) -
- What's wrong with you, Miss Priss?
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Sometimes I think I'm really a priss.
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Diane, in a million years, you could never be a priss.
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-Everybody thinks I'm a priss.
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She always acts like a priss, refusing to get her hands dirty while gardening.
Synonyms
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6.6
A person who feels embarrassed by sexual talk and likes to act in a modest way
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7.9
A person who is very formal and proper
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7.9
A person who likes to keep things very clean and tidy
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9.9
A person who cares too much about being proper and polite
Antonyms
Compounds
How Prissy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Priss as a noun names a person who behaves that way and likely links back to precious, meaning 'too nice or delicate'. So a priss is someone who worries too much about being proper and neat.