prissy

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++pris·sy /ˈprɪsi/ adjective informal  OFFENDbehaving very correctly and easily shocked by anything rude – used to show disapproval 谨小慎微的；一本正经的；拘谨的，刻板的〔含贬义〕 —prissily adverb —prissiness noun [uncountable]

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prissy• She always irritated me - she was so prissy.• a look of prissy disapproval• Stepan Verkhovensky is prissy, frenchified, very feminine though not at all homosexual.• To argue would be prissy, he decided.• I suppose if Rupert had not been a bear he might have been considered prissy, like Noddy.• Art Lux and Vinny Pearson, the newspapers, the party bigwigs, the whole prissy state of Minnesota.Origin prissy (1800-1900) Probably from prim + sissy

pris·sy adjectiveChineseSyllable  

– rude anything by correctly easily behaving shocked Corpus and very

prissy
pris‧sy /ˈprɪsi/ adjective informalbehaving very correctly and easily shocked by anything rude – used to show disapproval
—prissily adverb
—prissiness noun [uncountable]

prissyBrE /ˈprɪsi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈprɪsi/ 🔊 adjective (informal, disapproving) too careful to always behave correctly and appearing easily shocked by rude behaviour, etc. 谨小慎微的；大惊小怪的；拘泥谨慎的 SYN prudish