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Meaning of PRISSY

Pronunciation:  'preesee

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 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow"
  2. [adj]  exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
 
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 Synonyms: dainty, fastidious, nice, overnice, priggish, prim, proper, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, squeamish, straightlaced, straitlaced, tight-laced, victorian
 

 

 

 

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