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The Clue

Sissified (6 letter answer)

The Answer

PRISSY

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Notes

The answer PRISSY is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1200 puzzles.

Related Clues

Overrefined
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"