PRISSINESS

Meaning of PRISSINESS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

see prissy

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary. Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster. 2003

PRISSINESS — noun see: prissy
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PRISSINESS — -sēnə̇s, -sin- noun ( -es ) : the quality or state of being prissy
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRISSINESS — n. meticulousness, fussiness; strictness, formality; primness, affected neatness
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PRISSINESS — See main entry: ↑ prissy
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRISSINESS — чопорность
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PRISSINESS — чопорность
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PRISSINESS — чопорность
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PRISSINESS — чопорность
Англо-Русский словарь
PRISSY — adjective (prissier; -est) Etymology: probably blend of prim and sissy Date: 1895 overly prim and precise ; finicky , prissily …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LA-DI-DA — I. intransitive verb also la-de-da or la-di-dah |lädē|dä ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: perhaps alteration of lardy-dardy, adjective : to speak …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRISSILY — -sə̇lēˌ -li adverb : in a prissy manner : with prissiness
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRISSIFIED — ˈprisəˌfīd adjective Etymology: from prissy, after such pairs as English pretty : prettified : marked by prissiness prissified diplomatic circles
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HYPERCORRECT — “+ adjective Etymology: hyper- + correct 1. : excessively proper : finicky fastidious and hypercorrect to the point of prissiness …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRISSY — — prissily , adv. — prissiness , n. /pris"ee/ , adj., prissier, prissiest . excessively proper; affectedly correct; prim. [ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHOW OFF — boast, be proud; exhibit; coquetry, prissiness; one who thinks highly of himself and attempts to demonstrate it to others
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PRISSY — ■ adjective ( prissier , prissiest ) fussily respectable; prim. Derivatives prissily adverb prissiness noun Origin C19: perh. a blend …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PRISSY — pris ‧ sy /ˈprɪsi/ BrE AmE adjective informal [ Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: Probably from prim + sissy ] behaving …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRISSY — adj. (prissier, prissiest) prim, prudish. øøprissily adv. prissiness n. [perh. f. PRIM + SISSY]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PRISSY — adj. (prissier, prissiest) prim, prudish. prissily adv. prissiness n. [ perh. f. PRIM + SISSY ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PRISSY — adj. (prissier, prissiest) prim, prudish. Derivatives: prissily adv. prissiness n. Etymology: perh. f. PRIM + SISSY
Oxford English vocab
ANDROGYNY — Synonyms and related words : androgynism, effeminacy, effeminateness, epicenism, epicenity, feminism, gynandrism, gynandry, hermaphroditism, intersexualism, intersexuality, muliebrity, prissiness, pseudohermaphroditism, sissiness, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
VIRILITY — n. Function: noun the vigor or agressiveness held to be typical of males FF1C; pundits decided that the candidate's conspicuous …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
VIRILITY — noun the vigor or agressiveness held to be typical of males pundits decided that the candidate's conspicuous virility appealed to …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary

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