prim

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  1. adjective Precise or proper to the point of affectation; excessively decorous.
  2. adjective Strait-laced; prudish.
  3. adjective Neat and trim: a prim hedgerow.
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  • I gestured vaguely at her attire-- prim little white blouse, corduroy vest and matching trousers. —  F ;SF; - vol 086 issue 02 - February 1994
  • It was a delightful makeweight for her prim, over-respectable past. —  OCTOBER, 1953 Vol
  • I must be quiet and prim, and welcome the company of your father and mother—no, the marchioness is not your mother, is she?—and of my own papa. —  Mary Balogh - Beyond the Sunrise
  • Her ex had accused her of being too prim, and she'd wanted to prove him wrong. —  Lori Foster - Duets.html
  • They gave us prim, askance glances, as if we belonged to a different species of the animal kingdom. —  Tramping on Life
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Etymologies (6)

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  1. Possibly from obsolete prim, formal or demure person, perhaps from Old French prin, first, delicate; see prime.
  2. Short for obsolete primprint, of unknown origin.

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  1. Not found in Middle English use; apparently from Old French prim, masculine, prime, feminine, also prime, masculine and feminine, first, also thin, slender, small, sharp, prime: see prime. The sense seems to have been affected by that of English prink. Cf. primp.
  2. from prim, v.
  3. Perhaps from Old French prim, first, also thin, etc.: see prim.
  4. Cf. primprint and privet.
 

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