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Prissy meaning

  1. Prim and fussy; too precise; overparticular.
  2. Lacking masculine vigor; sissified; effeminate.
  3. Well-mannered; well-behaved.

Synonyms of Prissy

priggish nice dainty proper victorian tight-laced straight-laced straightlaced strait-laced straitlaced square-toed puritanical prudish prim overnice

Related words

Other words often associated with Prissy or its synonyms:

squeamish fastidious twee mincing decent refined nasty courteous becoming ascetic age delicate

Using Prissy

  • The main meaning on this page is: Prim and fussy; too precise; overparticular. | Lacking masculine vigor; sissified; effeminate. | Well-mannered; well-behaved.
  • Useful related words include: priggish, nice, dainty, proper.
  • In the example corpus, prissy often appears in combinations such as: prissy to, prissy in, prissy and.

Context around Prissy

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 6 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

tells 1× slave 1× loved 1×

Often after:

sanctimony 1× way 1× hoity 1× mask 1×

Sentence patterns with Prissy

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

beau and prissy to tara 1× bunch of prissy hoity toity 1× dearly loved prissy and buddy 1× edith s prissy sanctimony 1× interpretation of prissy in kevin 1× ivan s prissy mask of 1× prissy then finds 1× rhett but prissy is afraid 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

he very quickly 1× in 1995 actor 1× ivan s prissy 1× prissy then finds 1× scarlett tells prissy 1× the never trumpers 1×

Common sentence endings:

at age 84 1× baily and remington 1× figure that out 1× in de dahk 1× my delicate feelings 1× period of time 1×

Words around Prissy

Just before it in the word index:

prisons 977 prisoners 1.992 prisoner 998 prison 8.539 prisms 25 prismo 4

Just after it in the word index:

pristina 27 pristine 309 pristinely 6 prit 2 pritam 23 pritchard 162

Similar in corpus frequency:

aanand 16 abcd 16 abdurrahman 16 aberdour 16 abergele 16 abg 16

Corpus analysis for Prissy

  • In this selection, "prissy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, tells, slave, loved, sanctimony, way and hoity stand out and add context to how "prissy" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include beau and prissy to tara and bunch of prissy hoity toity. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "prissy" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with prissy

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Two pets he dearly loved, Prissy and Buddy, and two grand fur babies, Baily and Remington. (16 words)

Prissy then finds Rhett, and Scarlett begs him to take herself, Wade, Melanie, Beau, and Prissy to Tara. (18 words)

Scarlett tells Prissy to go find Rhett, but Prissy is afraid to "go runnin' roun' in de dahk". (18 words)

Longer example sentences

The never-Trumpers have done nothing more than present themselves as a bunch of prissy, hoity-toity scolds who have nothing of value to say on the matter and are simply ignored and the never-trumpers can’t seem to figure that out. (43 words)

When she takes the stand in court, she taunts the judge and barristers as if she were playing Liza Doolittle in a community-theater production of her earthiness achieves the same level of dullness as Edith’s prissy sanctimony. (39 words)

He very quickly tried to normalise the situation and just told me I had to get with it and not be such a prissy and he didn’t have time to worry about my delicate feelings. (36 words)

Example sentences (10)

Prissy then finds Rhett, and Scarlett begs him to take herself, Wade, Melanie, Beau, and Prissy to Tara.

Scarlett tells Prissy to go find Rhett, but Prissy is afraid to "go runnin' roun' in de dahk".

In 1995, actor Butterfly McQueen, who’d played the slave Prissy in “Gone with the Wind,” died in Augusta, Georgia, at age 84.

Two pets he dearly loved, Prissy and Buddy, and two grand fur babies, Baily and Remington.

When she takes the stand in court, she taunts the judge and barristers as if she were playing Liza Doolittle in a community-theater production of her earthiness achieves the same level of dullness as Edith’s prissy sanctimony.

On the right is an earlier interpretation of Prissy in Kevin Sullivan's 1985 film adaptation, in which the character isn't fleshed out as much.

He very quickly tried to normalise the situation and just told me I had to get with it and not be such a prissy and he didn’t have time to worry about my delicate feelings.

Thus, for example, we can see how “gender” went from a boring word that was a prissy way of saying “sex” to a leftist battleground, in a very short period of time.

The never-Trumpers have done nothing more than present themselves as a bunch of prissy, hoity-toity scolds who have nothing of value to say on the matter and are simply ignored and the never-trumpers can’t seem to figure that out.

Ivan’s prissy mask of respectability is soon demolished by his wife’s obsession with the White Sheik.

Common combinations with prissy

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "prissy" in a sentence?
An example: "Prissy then finds Rhett, and Scarlett begs him to take herself, Wade, Melanie, Beau, and Prissy to Tara." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "prissy" from authentic English texts.
What does "prissy" mean?
Prissy means: Prim and fussy; too precise; overparticular.
What are synonyms of "prissy"?
Common synonyms of "prissy" include: priggish, nice, dainty, proper, victorian, tight-laced, straight-laced, straightlaced. Plus 7 more synonyms.
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