1. plural of priss; people who are excessively proper, prudish, or fussy about propriety
Usage: informal; often derogatory

1. third-person singular present tense of 'priss'; to behave in an excessively proper or prudish manner
Usage: informal; often used with 'up' or 'out'

Examples

• She thinks those prisses at the country club are too uptight.
• He prisses around the office in his perfectly pressed suit.
• The prisses in the group refused to go to the casual beach party.
• Don't priss up your hair so much; just be yourself.
• Those prisses always complain about the slightest impropriety.
• She prisses about every little detail of the event.