priss

P3R1I1S1S1
/pɹɪs/

noun

A prissy person

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Meanings

nounpriss (plural prisses)

plural prisses

  1. informalA prissy person

    Robin: Have you ever been in love? / Steve: Yep. Nancy Wheeler. First semester, senior year. / Robin: Oh my God. She's such a priss.

    2019, Stranger Things, season 3, episode 7, spoken by Steve Harrington and Robin Buckley (Joe Keery and Maya Hawke)
verbpriss (third-person singular simple present prisses, present participle prissing, simple past and past participle prissed)

present singular third person prisses · participle present prissing · participle past prissed · past prissed

  1. To dress or behave in a prissy manner

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
pedantprude

Origin

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

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Translations

Finnish tärkeillä
  • tärkeilläto behave in a prissy manner
Russian жема́нничать
  • жема́нничать (žemánničatʹ)to behave in a prissy manner
Ukrainian мані́ритися, мані́житися
  • мані́ритися (manírytysja)to behave in a prissy manner
  • мані́житися (manížytysja)to behave in a prissy manner

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with priss

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Cite this entry
APA

priss. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/priss

MLA

“priss.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/priss. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “priss,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/priss.

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