prissy

Etymology
1895, either an alteration of, , or a ; first attested in American writer.

Adjective

 * 1) Excessively prim, proper, particular or fussy.
 * 2) * 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club Cabin Boy
 * As Nathanial Mayweather, heir to the Mayweather Hotel fortune, Elliott doesn’t disdain the hoi polloi so much as he considers everyone, even the faculty and headmaster at the prissiest private school in existence, to be part of it.
 * 1)   Very feminine or dressy.
 * 2) Well-mannered, well-behaved.
 * 1)   Very feminine or dressy.
 * 2) Well-mannered, well-behaved.
 * 1) Well-mannered, well-behaved.
 * 1) Well-mannered, well-behaved.
 * 1) Well-mannered, well-behaved.
 * 1) Well-mannered, well-behaved.
 * 1) Well-mannered, well-behaved.
 * 1) Well-mannered, well-behaved.
 * 1) Well-mannered, well-behaved.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * German:, überkorrekt,
 * Greek:
 * Italian:, perbenistico
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:, finolis, repipi
 * Swedish: pimpinett
 * Ukrainian: мані́рний, мані́жний


 * German: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian:

Noun

 * 1)  A person who is excessively prim, proper, particular or fussy.
 * 2) * 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
 * I really like Beau. He sure enjoys being admired & lusted over. He just lays back like a king & enjoys. What a prissy!