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- [pris]
- /prɪs/
- /prˈɪs/
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- [pris]
- /prɪs/
Definitions of priss word
- noun priss a prissy person. 1
- noun priss a prissy person 0
- verb priss to act prissily 0
- intransitive verb priss to act or move about in a prissy way or manner 0
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Origin of priss
First appearance:
before 1920 One of the 12% newest English words
1920-25, Americanism, back formation from prissy
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Priss
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
priss popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
priss usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with priss
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