PRIM

priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian

(adjective) exaggeratedly proper; “my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn’t approve of my miniskirts”

mincing, niminy-piminy, prim, twee

(adjective) affectedly dainty or refined

prim, prim up, prim out

(verb) dress primly

prim

(verb) contract one’s lips; “She primmed her lips after every bite of food”

prim

(verb) assume a prim appearance; “They mince and prim”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Adjective

prim (comparative primmer, )

prudish, straight-laced

formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice

Usage notes

Often used in the collocation “prim and proper”.

Verb

prim (third-person singular simple present prims, present participle primming, simple past and past participle primmed)

(dated) To make affectedly precise or proper.

(dated) To dress or act smartly.

Etymology 2

Noun

prim

(plants) privet

Source: Wiktionary

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Prim, n. Etym: [See Privet.] (Bot)

Definition: The privet.

Prim, a. Etym: [OF. prim, prin, prime, first, principal. sharp, thin, piercing, fr. L. primus first. See Prime, a.]

Definition: Formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice; as, prim regularity; a prim person. Swift.

Prim, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Primmed; p. pr. & vb. n. Primming.]

Definition: To deck with great nicety; to arrange with affected preciseness; to prink.

Prim, v. i.

Definition: To dress or act smartly. [R.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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