priss

English

Etymology

Back-formation from prissy (analyzed as priss + -y (“(manner)”)); noun attested 1923.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɹɪs/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪs

Noun

priss (plural prisses)

  1. (informal) A prissy person
    • 2019, Stranger Things, season 3, episode 7, spoken by Steve Harrington and Robin Buckley (Joe Keery and Maya Hawke):
      Robin: Have you ever been in love? / Steve: Yep. Nancy Wheeler. First semester, senior year. / Robin: Oh my God. She's such a priss.

Verb

priss (third-person singular simple present prisses, present participle prissing, simple past and past participle prissed)

  1. To dress or behave in a prissy manner

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References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “priss”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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