prissiness

prissiness
The state or quality of being excessively prim or proper.
See Also: prissily, prissy

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  • prissiness — prissy ► ADJECTIVE (prissier, prissiest) ▪ fussily respectable; prim. DERIVATIVES prissily adverb prissiness noun. ORIGIN perhaps a blend of PRIM(Cf. ↑primness) and SISSY(Cf. ↑ …   English terms dictionary

  • prissiness — noun see prissy …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • prissiness — See prissily. * * * …   Universalium

  • prissiness — prɪsɪnɪs n. meticulousness, fussiness; strictness, formality; primness, affected neatness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • prissiness — pris·si·ness …   English syllables

  • prissiness — sēnə̇s, sin noun ( es) : the quality or state of being prissy …   Useful english dictionary

  • prissy — adjective (prissier; est) Etymology: probably blend of prim and sissy Date: 1895 overly prim and precise ; finicky • prissily adverb • prissiness noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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