primnessn.

Brit.

/ˈprɪmnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈprɪmnᵻs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prim adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < prim adj. + -ness suffix.

The state or quality of being prim; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affected propriety

prudery1708

primness1713

priggery1743

priggism1753

prudishness1760

priggishness1768

missishness1839

missiness1857

prigdom1873

prudity1891

Comstockery1905

prighood1906

nice nellyism1933

prissiness1934

1713 R. Steele Guardian No. 29. ⁋11 Her lips are composed with a primness peculiar to her character.

1758 T. Gray Let. 18 Aug. in Corr. (1971) II. 583 Primness and affectation of style..has turned to hoydening and rude familiarity.

1790 J. Adams Woman lxxix. 374 A very plain, but neat female, who, by her primness and demureness, had the old maid strongly marked in her countenance.

1830 M. Edgeworth Let. Dec. (1971) 455 She has some primnesses and suavities of manner now and then.

1858 N. Hawthorne French & Ital. Note-bks. II. 98 A primness of eternal virginity about the mouth.

1894 A. Conan Doyle Mem. Sherlock Holmes 99 He affected a certain quiet primness of dress.

1935 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 15 Dec. (Screen & Radio Weekly section) 12 It was his mother who was Irish..and what a lot they had to say to each other in the midst of all that English primness where he spent his youth.

1961 Times 2 Dec. 4/6 At times her treatment (especially of the slow movement) suffered from a certain primness of expression.

2000 Observer 18 June (Review section) 1/3 The still prevalent Victorian repressiveness—the ‘cover the table legs’ primness—of British culture.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	primness
释义	primnessn. Brit. /ˈprɪmnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈprɪmnᵻs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prim adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < prim adj. + -ness suffix. The state or quality of being prim; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affected propriety prudery1708 primness1713 priggery1743 priggism1753 prudishness1760 priggishness1768 missishness1839 missiness1857 prigdom1873 prudity1891 Comstockery1905 prighood1906 nice nellyism1933 prissiness1934 1713 R. Steele Guardian No. 29. ⁋11 Her lips are composed with a primness peculiar to her character. 1758 T. Gray Let. 18 Aug. in Corr. (1971) II. 583 Primness and affectation of style..has turned to hoydening and rude familiarity. 1790 J. Adams Woman lxxix. 374 A very plain, but neat female, who, by her primness and demureness, had the old maid strongly marked in her countenance. 1830 M. Edgeworth Let. Dec. (1971) 455 She has some primnesses and suavities of manner now and then. 1858 N. Hawthorne French & Ital. Note-bks. II. 98 A primness of eternal virginity about the mouth. 1894 A. Conan Doyle Mem. Sherlock Holmes 99 He affected a certain quiet primness of dress. 1935 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 15 Dec. (Screen & Radio Weekly section) 12 It was his mother who was Irish..and what a lot they had to say to each other in the midst of all that English primness where he spent his youth. 1961 Times 2 Dec. 4/6 At times her treatment (especially of the slow movement) suffered from a certain primness of expression. 2000 Observer 18 June (Review section) 1/3 The still prevalent Victorian repressiveness—the ‘cover the table legs’ primness—of British culture. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1713
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