Английский Этимологический словарь - prissy
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~ adj informal behaving very correctly and easily shocked by anything rude ("She's not a very nice girl," Jinny said in her prissy little voice.) - prissily adv - prissiness n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(prissier, prissiest) If you say that someone is prissy, you are critical of them because they are very easily shocked by anything rude or bad. (INFORMAL) I grew to dislike the people from my background–they were rather uptight and prissy. = prim ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective (prissier; -est) Etymology: probably blend of prim and sissy Date: 1895 overly prim and precise ; finicky • prissily adverb • prissiness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. (prissier, prissiest) prim, prudish. Derivatives prissily adv. prissiness n. Etymology: perh. f. PRIM + SISSY ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. разг. благонравный, чопорный, жеманный 2. ханжеский 3. изнеженный 4. слабонервный 5. суетливый ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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