English Dictionary

prissy

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpɹɪsi/

形容詞

軽蔑的 通常

Excessively prim, proper, particular or fussy. / (usually derogatory) Very feminine or dressy. / Well-mannered, well-behaved.

日本語の意味

過度に堅苦しく、細かいことにこだわる / （通常は侮蔑的に）非常に女性的または派手な服装をしている / 非常に礼儀正しく、行儀が良い

The prissy hostess insisted on the silverware being perfectly aligned before the guests sat down.

あまりに堅苦しく几帳面なホステスは、客が座る前に食器が完璧に揃っていることにこだわった。

意味（1）

Excessively prim, proper, particular or fussy.

She was a small, neat, rather prissy-looking girl with primly smooth brown hair and rimless glasses […]

意味（2）

(usually derogatory) Very feminine or dressy.

Mom was always pushing her only daughter to become some kind of prissy feminine beauty.

意味（3）

Well-mannered, well-behaved.

As women post en masse over the course of the day and long into the night, the mood changes: The daylight crowd tends to be prissier; the night crowd rowdier (and drunker); the late-night crowd surrealistic and unpredictable, made up of the extremely sleep deprived, from mothers of newborns to insomniacs in the midst of a divorce.

prissier （ comparative ）

prissiest （ superlative ）