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primp
[primp] 
–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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| primp (prĭmp) v. primped, primp·ing, primps v. tr. To dress or groom (oneself) with meticulous or excessive attention to detail. v. intr. To dress or groom oneself with elaborate care; preen. [Perhaps alteration of prim1.] |
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Primp
Primp\, v. i. & t. [Cf. Prim, a.] To be formal or affected in dress or manners; -- often with up. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Halliwell.
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primp
1801, probably an extension of prim (q.v.); cf. Scot. primpit (c.1739) "delicate, nice."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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