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priss en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /pɹɪs/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Back-formation from prissy (analyzed as priss + -y (“(manner)”)); noun attested 1923.

Meanings

  1. (informal) A prissy person
    • Robin: Have you ever been in love? / Steve: Yep. Nancy Wheeler. First semester, senior year. / Robin: Oh my God. She's such a priss. 2019, Stranger Things, season 3, episode 7, spoken by Steve Harrington and Robin Buckley (Joe Keery and Maya Hawke):

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
prisses Number=Plur lexicographic

priss en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /pɹɪs/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Back-formation from prissy (analyzed as priss + -y (“(manner)”)); noun attested 1923.

Meanings

  1. To dress or behave in a prissy manner

Forms

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prissed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
prissed Tense=Past lexicographic
prisses Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
prissing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

priss around

Translations (4)

uk мані́житися (to behave in a prissy manner) · ru жема́нничать (to behave in a prissy manner) · uk мані́ритися (to behave in a prissy manner) · fi tärkeillä (to behave in a prissy manner)