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Meaning of prissy

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  prissy
      adj 1: exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't
             approve of my miniskirts" [syn: {priggish}, {prim},
             {prissy}, {prudish}, {puritanical}, {square-toed},
             {straitlaced}, {strait-laced}, {straightlaced},
             {straight-laced}, {tight-laced}, {victorian}]
      2: excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about
         his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would
         only touch the toilet handle with his elbow" [syn: {dainty},
         {nice}, {overnice}, {prissy}, {squeamish}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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