The Clue
Overrefined (6 letter answer)
The Answer
PRISSY
Tags
Notes
The answer PRISSY is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1200 puzzles.
Related Clues
Sissified
Affectedly nice
Affectedly proper
Like a fussbudget
Overly precise
Strait-laced
Too punctilious
Too, too proper
Very prim and precise
Very prim or precise
Definition
PRISSY as an adjective:
1. (priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian) = exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
2. (dainty, nice, overnice, prissy, squeamish) = excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow"