prissy
adjective
excessively proper; affectedly correct; prim.
prissiness
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a word derived from
prissy.
Example Sentences
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It’s hard to imagine anyone sympathizing with the husband, whose prissiness and lack of self-awareness are both laughable and depressing to think about.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
Leopard may be a neutral these days, but it still has enough bite to offset the prissiness of this collar.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 6, 2020
At first, Austin scorns Lee’s fecklessness and Lee scorns Austin’s bourgeois prissiness.
From Economist ● Aug. 3, 2017
What really sets Jones apart, though, is her approach: Her food is vegetarian without a hint of prissiness, and its global bent calls to mind blockbuster author Yotam Ottolenghi’s cuisine, but more streamlined.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 10, 2016
She had to make a great effort not to throw at them their prissiness, their poverty of spirit, their delusions of grandeur.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
