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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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

primmest

superlative form of prim: most prim

Source: Wiktionary


PRIM

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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