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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024prim1 /prɪm/USA pronunciation adj., prim•mer, prim•mest. - precise or proper in a very formal way;
prissy:His mother was very prim and wouldn't allow him to use words like "damn'' or even "darn'' in her presence. - stiffly neat.
prim•ly, adv. : "No language like that in my house,'' she answered primly. prim•ness, n. [uncountable]-prim-, root. - -prim- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "first.'' This meaning is found in such words as: primacy, primal, primary, primate, prime, primeval, primitive, primordial, prince, principal, principle, unprincipled.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024prim1 (prim),USA pronunciation adj., prim•mer, prim•mest, v., primmed, prim•ming. adj. - formally precise or proper, as persons or behavior;
stiffly neat.
v.i. - to draw up the mouth in an affectedly nice or precise way.
v.t. - to make prim, as in appearance.
- to draw (one's face, lips, etc.) into a prim expression.
- origin, originally uncertain 1675–85
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged prissy, formal, rigid.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged flexible.
prim2 (prim),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologyprivet (def. 1).
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- shortening of earlier primprint privet 1565–75
- primary.
- primitive.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: prim /prɪm/ adj (primmer, primmest)- affectedly proper, precise, or formal
vb (prims, primming, primmed)- (transitive) to make prim
- to purse (the mouth) primly or (of the mouth) to be so pursed
Etymology: 18th Century: of unknown originˈprimly adv ˈprimness n |