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

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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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