prim adj

1 affectedly dainty or refined [syn: dainty, mincing, niminy-piminy, twee]

2 exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts" [syn: priggish, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian]

1 assume a prim appearance; "They mince and prim"

2 contract one's lips; "She primmed her lips after every bite of food"

3 dress primly [syn: prim up, prim out] [also: primming, primmed, primmest, primmer]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪm

Verb

1. To make affectedly precise or proper.

Adjective

1. prudish, overly correct in behaviour, straight-laced

Translations

• French: collet monté , guindé (e)

Romanian

Etymology

primus

Pronunciation

/prim/|lang=ro

Adjective

1. prime, first

Declension

Antonyms

• ultim

Prim may refer to either of the following:

• Dolní Přím, a village in Bohemia, as Nieder Prim (Lower Prim) site of the Battle of Königgrätz
• Prim, Arkansas in Cleburne County, Arkansas
• a river in Baden-Württemberg, see :de:Prim (Fluss)
• Primitive (geometry), the simplest form of a geometrical figure or shape
• Juan Prim, Spanish general and statesman
• Robert C. Prim, a mathematician and computer scientist
• Prim's algorithm, a graph algorithm created by Robert C. Prim
• Presence and Instant Messaging or PRIM, a proposal of a standard protocol for instant messenging
• A sweet, spreadable variant of fløtemysost (made from whey, cream and sugar)

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