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
prim (comparative primmer, )
prudish, straight-laced
formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice
Often used in the collocation “prim and proper”.
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.
prim
(plants) privet
Source: Wiktionary
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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(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
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