Adjective: prissy (prissier,prissiest) pri-see
- Exaggeratedly proper
"my prissy Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts";
- priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, square-toed [archaic], straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian, bluenosed [US, informal], uptight [informal]
- Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
"too prissy about his food to take to camp cooking";
- dainty, nice [archaic], overnice, squeamish
Derived forms: prissier, prissiest
See also: fastidious, proper
Encyclopedia: Prissy