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prissy

UK/ˈpɹɪsi/ US/ˈprɪsi/ uncommon rare

adjective

1.
2.

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”
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Origin

1895, either an alteration of precise, blend of prim + sissy, or a blend of prim + fussy; first attested in a work of American writer Joel Chandler Harris.

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