noun
priss
prihs
noun
1
A person, especially seen as overly fussy or prim, who worries too much about propriety.
"Stop being such a priss and just get your hands dirty."
verb
1
To act in a fussy, overly prim or dainty way.
"She prissed around the kitchen, refusing to touch anything sticky."
How to Use Priss
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishSomeone who is fussy and overly proper — or the act of behaving that way.
Easily confused with
Word Forms
prissed past tense, prisses plural, prisses singular
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Etymology
A back-formation from "prissy" — English sometimes builds a shorter root word after the longer adjective already exists.