PRIMY

Etymology

Adjective

primy

(obsolete) in its prime

Hamlet by William Shakespeare, Act I, Scene 3, lines 5-10

For Hamlet and the trifling of his favor, / Hold it a fashion and a toy in blood, / A violet in the youth of primy nature, / Forward, not permanent, sweet, not lasting, / The perfume and suppliance of a minute. / No more.

Source: Wiktionary


Prim"y, a. Etym: [From Prime, a.]

Definition: Being in its prime. [Obs.] "The youth of primy nature." Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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