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Prim   /prɪm/   Listen
Prim

adjective
(compar. primmer; superl. primmest)
1.
Affectedly dainty or refined.  Synonyms: dainty, mincing, niminy-piminy, twee.
2.
Exaggeratedly proper.  Synonyms: priggish, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, victorian.
verb
(past & past part. primmed; pres. part. primming)
1.
Assume a prim appearance.
2.
Contract one's lips.
3.
Dress primly.  Synonyms: prim out, prim up.



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"Prim" Quotes from Famous Books



... Lieutenant, "the Regulars look prim and march well, but they have done little fighting, as yet, in ...
— Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals - As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac • William H. Armstrong
... seats a prim little body, full of a severe quaintness in every quirk of dress, tilted her head toward a neighbor, and whispered, "It's that ...
— Thoroughbreds • W. A. Fraser
... newspaper without dread and sickness of suspense, came the telegram saying that Tom was wounded; and without so much as asking Miranda's leave, she packed her trunk and started for the South. She was in time to hold Tom's hand through hours of pain; to show him for once the heart of a prim New England girl when it is ablaze with love and grief; to put her arms about him so that he could have a home to die in, and that was all;—all, ...
— The Flag-raising • Kate Douglas Wiggin
... the same when I get well. You see, Bear, how can a man be always dawdling about with a lot of girls? There's Dolores bothering with her science, and Fergus every bit as bad; and Mysie after her disgusting schoolchildren; and Val and Prim horrid little empty chatterboxes; and if one does turn to a jolly girl for a bit of fun, their tongues all go to work, so that you would think the skies were going to fall; and if one goes in for a bit of a spree, down comes the General like a sledge-hammer! I wish you would ...
— Modern Broods • Charlotte Mary Yonge
... opened softly and a charming vision appeared, to wit, Mistress Betty Carrington, rosy from sleep and hastily clad in a dressing-gown of sombre silk. Her little white feet were bare, and her dark hair had escaped from its prim, white night coif. She started when she saw a visitor, and her feet drew demurely back under the hem of her gown, while her hands went up to her disheveled hair; but a second glance showing her his quality, she recovered her composure and spoke ...
— Prisoners of Hope - A Tale of Colonial Virginia • Mary Johnston


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