Prim Definition
prĭm
primmed, primmer, primmest, primming, Prims
adjective
primmer, primmest
Stiffly formal, precise, moral, etc.; proper; demure.
Webster's New World
Strait-laced; prudish.
American Heritage
Neat and trim.
A prim hedgerow.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- twee
- niminy-piminy
- mincing
- dainty
- tight-laced
- straight-laced
- straightlaced
- victorian
- straitlaced
- strait-laced
- puritanical
- priggish
- prudish
- prissy
- square-toed
Antonyms:
verb
To assume a prim expression on (one's face or mouth)
Webster's New World
To make prim, as in dress or appearance.
American Heritage
To assume a prim expression.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- prim out
- prim up
abbreviation
Primary.
Webster's New World
Primitive.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Prim
Adjective
Base Form:
prim
Comparative:
primmer
Superlative:
primmestOrigin of Prim
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Possibly from obsolete prim formal or demure person perhaps from Old French prin first, delicate prime
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Old French prim, prin, from Latin primus (“first").
From Wiktionary
Short for obsolete primprint of unknown origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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See privet.
From Wiktionary
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