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Prissy, priggish, prudish, square-toed, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian, puritanical, prim

does "prissy" and its synonyms have a positive or a negative meaning please?

prissy (adjective) Excessively or affectedly prim and proper. Synonyms: priggish, prudish, square-toed, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian, puritanical, prim
Usage: A free-spirited party girl, I am the complete opposite of my prissy and well-mannered sister.
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Hi, Yes, no-one wants to be called 'prissy', or any of those other things. I've never heard the term 'square-toed'. Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, Yes, no-one wants to be called 'prissy', or any of those other things.
  • I've never heard the term 'square-toed'.
  • Clive
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Hi,



Yes, no-one wants to be called 'prissy', or any of those other things.

I've never heard the term 'square-toed'.



Clive
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