prissy
adjective
excessively proper; affectedly correct; prim.
prissier
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comparativeof prissy.comparative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating a greater degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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Post-independence India had stricter, prissier demarcations – between the polite and the profane, the admissible and the inadmissible – than the India energised by the free market.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 2, 2013
