priss
Example Sentences
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Amina keeps her musical activities a secret from her devout school friends, forcing the already nervous priss into a double life.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 16, 2021
But whatever calculations had gone into the match of a priss and a perfectionist were now deconstructed.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2016
If I decline to eat one, I am a calorie-phobic priss who's terrified of displaying weakness in public.
From The Guardian ● May 11, 2013
Sure, you could point out at length that Swift is being a bit of a sour-faced priss here, but there's no win for women in ripping chunks out of other women.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 9, 2013
"Carla, you're such a priss," Sandi taunted her.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
