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Antonyms for prissy

Grammar : Adj
Spell : pris-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɪs i

Definition of prissy

Origin :
  • 1895, probably Southern U.S. dialect, first attested in Joel Chandler Harris, perhaps an alteration of precise (q.v.), or a merger of prim and sissy [OED]. Related: Prissily; prissiness.
  • ["]Then Mrs Blue Hen rumpled up her feathers and got mad with herself, and went to setting. I reckon that's what you call it. I've heard some call it 'setting' and others 'sitting.' Once, when I was courting, I spoke of a sitting hen, but the young lady said I was too prissy for anything.""What is prissy?" asked Sweetest Susan.Mr. Rabbit shut his eyes and scratched his ear. Then he shook his head slowly."It's nothing but a girl's word," remarked Mrs. Meadows by way of explanation. "It means that somebody's trying hard to show off.""I reckon that's so," said Mr. Rabbit, opening his eyes. He appeared to be much relieved.[Joel Chandler Harris, "Mr. Rabbit at Home"]
  • adj particular and fussy
Example sentences :
  • The woman was, as Prissy had assured Abram, “tickled to pieces.”
  • Extract from : « The Fighting Shepherdess  » by Caroline Lockhart
  • I'll not deny that Prissy and I were wondering at your absence.
  • Extract from : « Lover or Friend » by Rosa Nouchette Carey
  • We were going upstairs, Prissy and I; the girl had been in bed for an hour.
  • Extract from : « Lover or Friend » by Rosa Nouchette Carey
  • For look you, Prissy, an' it were not true, it would be a lie.
  • Extract from : « The Prince and The Pauper, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • Would these boys let her keep them in order as Bertie was kept by Prissy and Milly?
  • Extract from : « Esther's Charge » by Evelyn Everett-Green
  • It had77 never occurred to them as possible to keep anything from Prissy.
  • Extract from : « Esther's Charge » by Evelyn Everett-Green
  • Prissy rose, and Esther was glad to escape with her into the garden.
  • Extract from : « Esther's Charge » by Evelyn Everett-Green
  • “Prissy,” she whispered, a little later, bending over the child.
  • Extract from : « Finding the Lost Treasure » by Helen M. Persons
  • “It was sweet of you to take care of things, Prissy dear,” she said.
  • Extract from : « Finding the Lost Treasure » by Helen M. Persons
  • The work here is very easy, and Prissy is getting to be quite a help.
  • Extract from : « Finding the Lost Treasure » by Helen M. Persons

Synonyms for prissy

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