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adjective
1.
formally precise or proper, as persons or behavior; stiffly neat.
verb (used without object)
2.
to draw up the mouth in an affectedly nice or precise way.
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Prim
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verb (used with object)
3.
to make prim, as in appearance.
4.
to draw (one's face, lips, etc.) into a prim expression.
Origin:
1675–85; origin uncertain
1675–85; origin uncertain
Related forms
prim·ly, adverb
prim·ness, noun
un·primmed, adjective
Synonyms
1. prissy, formal, rigid.
1. prissy, formal, rigid.
Antonyms
1. flexible.
1. flexible.
Example Sentences
- To ask this, both sides insist with prim faces, is entirely to miss the point.
- But compared to the scrawny, chain-smoking veterans on his newsdesk he was in truth remarkably prim.
- Tract houses on prim lanes have been built over the original pasture.
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Word Origin & History
prim
1684 (v.) "to assume a formal, precise demeanor," probably from Fr. prim "thin, small, delicate," from O.Fr. prim "fine, delicate," from L. primus "first, finest" (see prime). Attested as a noun from 1700. The adj., the sole surviving sense, is from 1709. A cant word at first;
EXPANDthe noun sense may be the original.
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