prissy /ˈpɹɪsi/adjective 3noun 1forms 3 adjective3 •(informal) Prim and fussy; too precise; overparticular.She was a small, neat, rather prissy-looking girl with primly smooth brown hair and rimless glasses […] — 1949 •(informal) Well-mannered; well-behaved.You drive like one of those prissy ladies at lunch who won't take the last cookie in case somebody else wants it. — 2010 •(informal, offensive) Lacking masculine vigor; sissified; effeminate.I refused to wear this properly as it looked a bit prissy, so I butchly slung it over one shoulder. — 1983 noun1 •(rare) A person who is prissy.I really like Beau. He sure enjoys being admired & lusted over. He just lays back like a king & enjoys. What a prissy! — 1970 formsprissies · prissier · prissiest
