Sissier vs Pissier - What's the difference?
sissier | pissier |
(sissy)
(pejorative, colloquial) An effeminate boy or man.
(pejorative, colloquial) A timid, unassertive or cowardly person.
(BDSM) A male crossdresser who adopts feminine behaviours.
(colloquial) Sister.
(pejorative) .
* 2000 , (revised edition), Bantam Books, ISBN 0-553-58176-7,
(pejorative) .
(childish, colloquial) Urination; urine.
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(pissy)
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Covered in piss.
Resembling or smelling like piss.
Anal retentive]], [[whinge, whinging and pernickety.
(of rain) Weak and drizzly.
As adjectives the difference between sissier and pissier
is that sissier is (sissy) while pissier is (pissy).sissier
English
Adjective
(head)sissy
English
Etymology 1
Extended form ofNoun
(sissies)Synonyms
* (timid or cowardly person) mama's boy, pansy, nancyboy * (effeminate boy) janegirlDerived terms
* prissy * sissified * sissy bar (a passenger backrest for a motorcycle or bicycle) * sissyphobia * sissy squat (a weightlifting exercise emphasizing knee extension)Adjective
(er)page 173:
- she’d decided the wrapping paper was too feminine. It had a viney pattern that wasn’t anything sissier than you’d see in the old Arabian Nights illustrations. But Richard might think they were flowers.
Etymology 2
Likely onomatopoetic, perhaps related to (etyl) . Compare piss; wee-wee.Noun
(-)pissier
English
Adjective
(head)pissy
English
Adjective
(er)- Stop being pissy: you knew what I meant when I said "Don't touch the dial", but you prodded the dial with a fork.
- I wish these pissy rain showers would either build up into a storm or go away.