An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
PRISSY
dainty, nice, overnice, prissy, squeamish
(adjective) excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; “too nice about his food to take to camp cooking”; “so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow”
priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian
(adjective) exaggeratedly proper; “my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn’t approve of my miniskirts”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
prissy (comparative prissier, superlative prissiest)
Excessively prim, proper, particular or fussy.
(usually derogatory) Very feminine or dressy.
Well-mannered, well-behaved.
Noun
prissy (plural prissies)
A person who is excessively prim, proper, particular or fussy.
Etymology
Proper noun
Prissy
A diminutive of the female given name Priscilla.
Source: Wiktionary
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(adjective) celebrated in fable or legend; “the fabled Paul Bunyan and his blue ox”; “legendary exploits of Jesse James”
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