priss
[pris]
- a prissy person.
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Origin of priss
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Historical Examples
Joel was below, in the cabin with Priss, when his brother boarded the ship.
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“My dear Priss,” he said, in the elder-brother manner he affected toward her.
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Priss had planned to go ashore in the afternoon; but Mark dissuaded her.
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And Priss, listening, winced at the thing that was like apology in his tone.
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Priss had put curtains on the windows; and she had a lily, in a pot, at one of them, and a clump of pansies at another.
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Word Origin and History for priss
n.
1914, Southern U.S., back-formation from prissy.
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