prius

[ prahy-uhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Prius

[ pree-uhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

, Trademark.

, plural Prius, Prii [pree, -ahy].

a brand of hybrid car, one of the first commercially successful, that runs at lower speeds on an electric motor powered by a battery pack, and at higher speeds on a gasoline engine, which can also recharge the battery.

Origin of prius¹

Borrowed into English from Latin around 1890–95

Origin of prius²

1997; from the Latin prius meaning “coming before”; also related to such English words as “prior” and “primary”

I drive a Prius, enjoy Vanilla lattes, and am married to a man.

He offers that his Prius-driving friends might go home and eat steaks, so who is anyone to judge?

May they all stand in a puddle and stick their tongues in a Prius charge port.

This argument makes about as much sense as saying that the recent death of actress Lauren Bacall means you should buy a Prius.

She was a cooing and cherubic mini-avatar called Anima, which players earned after reaching a certain level in the game Prius.

Dederat ipse in mdatis, vt antiquo in monumto c demortua prius familia (qu scieb paganic obijsse) sepeliretur.

The judges of assize, by virtue of their commission of nisi prius, try the causes thus appointed.

Rem penitus explorabo; prius, enim digito tangam, ait uxor, quam dormivero.

In August, 1837, the case was brought down to trial at Nisi Prius, and a verdict entered for plaintiff at one-shilling damages.

Ad tumulum itaque ducatum postulauit, in quo prius mucronem experientissimum occultauerat.

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