PRIMNESS

priggishness, primness

(noun) exaggerated and arrogant properness

primness, prudishness, prudery, Grundyism

(noun) excessive or affected modesty

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

primness (usually uncountable, plural primnesses)

The quality or state of being prim, precise, or proper.

Source: Wiktionary


Prim"ness, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being prim; affected formality or niceness; preciseness; stiffness.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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