priss
/pɹɪs/
priss noun: a prissy person.
Noun
priss (plural prisses)
- A 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)
Verb
priss (third-person singular simple present prisses, present participle prissing, simple past and past participle prissed)
Forms of priss
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | prisses |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | prisses |
| present participle | prissing |
| past participle | prissed |
| past | prissed |
Origin of priss
Back-formation from prissy (analyzed as priss + -y (“(manner)”)); noun attested 1923.
Words formed from priss
Phrases with priss
Words that rhyme with priss
Questions about priss
- What does priss mean?
- Priss means a prissy person.
- What part of speech is priss?
- Priss can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce priss?
- Priss is pronounced /pɹɪs/.
- What is the plural of priss?
- The plural of priss is prisses.
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