prissy

Other forms of prissy

comparative or superlative

prissier

comparative or superlative

prissiest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about prissy

What does prissy mean?

prissy means "exaggeratedly proper". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in prissy?

prissy has 2 syllables: pris-sy. The stress falls on "pris". In IPA it is /ˈpɹɪsi/.

What is another word for prissy?

Close synonyms include priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, square-toed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is prissy a common word?

prissy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.