Someone prissy is very correct in manners, dress, or speech, and is easily shocked by anything rude, messy, or too free — and we say it to show we do not admire that. It is not the same as polite. Polite people can still laugh and get a little dirty; a prissy person makes a drama of being above all that.

Someone prissy一個prissy的人 is very correct in manners, dress, or speech在禮儀、穿著，或說話上非常一板一眼, and is easily shocked by anything rude, messy, or too free而且很容易被任何粗魯、邋遢，或太隨便的事嚇到 — and we say it to show we do not admire that而我們用這個詞，是要表示自己並不欣賞這樣。 It is not the same as polite它跟有禮貌不一樣。 Polite people can still laugh and get a little dirty有禮貌的人還是可以大笑、開點小玩笑; a prissy person makes a drama of being above all that但prissy的人會把自己表現得高高在上、一副事事都不能忍受的樣子。

The word is informal, a bit old-fashioned, and mostly American in feel. Writers first printed it in 1895, in a book by the American writer Joel Chandler Harris. Scholars do not all agree where it came from: it may be a twist of precise, or a blend of prim and sissy, or of prim and fussy.

The word is informal, a bit old-fashioned, and mostly American in feel這個詞很口語、有點老派，而且大多是美式的感覺。 Writers first printed it in 1895, in a book by the American writer Joel Chandler Harris這個詞最早在1895年出現在美國作家Joel Chandler Harris的書裡。 Scholars do not all agree where it came from學者對它的來源意見不一: it may be a twist of precise可能是precise的變形, or a blend of prim and sissy或是prim和sissy的混合, or of prim and fussy或是prim和fussy的混合。

You will hear it of people, of little habits, sometimes of a too-neat style. Calling someone prissy is a soft insult.

You will hear it of people你會聽到它用在人身上, of little habits用在小習慣上, sometimes of a too-neat style有時候用在太過整齊的風格上。 Calling someone prissy is a soft insult說一個人prissy，是一種溫和的損人。