primp
Use Primp in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to dress or adorn with care.
verb (used without object)
2.
to groom oneself carefully: The photographer waited while we primped.
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| —vb | |
| to dress (oneself), esp in fine clothes; prink | |
| [C19: probably from | |
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Primp
is one of our favorite verbs.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
primp
1801, probably an extension of prim (q.v.); cf. Scot. primpit (c.1739) "delicate, nice."
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Example sentences
It could also primp up its debt offer at the last minute.
As students primp and preen to wow their favorite colleges, there's one characteristic they can't control: their race.
Each day at the prison summer camp, the inmates primp as if they are on a first date.
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