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Reverse Dictionary: PRISSY

PRISSY

ADJECTIVES
► EYEGLASSY prim or prissy → 1922 colloq.
► NICEY-NICE affectedly proper; prissy; too particular or fussy → 1930s Amer. dial.
► NICEY-NICEY affectedly proper; prissy; too particular or fussy → 1930s Amer. dial.

NOUNS – PERSON
► FOOFOO a prissy or girlish man → 1848 US sl.
► LEMON-SUCKER a prissy or effeminate man or boy; also, a sour-faced individual → 1922 Amer. sl.

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