(a.) That minces; characterized by primness or affected nicety.

affected dainty dandyish delicate effeminate elegant euphemistic euphuistic exquisite fastidious finical finicking finicky foppish formalistic fussy goody good-good goody-goody la-di-da namby-pamby nice overnice overprecise overrefined particular pedantic pernickety persnickety precieuse precious precisian precisianistic precisionistic pretentious puristic put-on simpering squeamish stilted too-too