Meaning

2 senses

  1. (archaic, obsolete)A prim person.

  2. (archaic)Privet

Examples

3 sentences

  1. That president's secretary is always prim.

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  2. She was a rather prim and proper young lady.

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  3. Dora's sitting up on the seat as prim as you please. She always looks as if she'd just been starched and ironed.

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Origin

Of uncertain origin. Unknown; see privet.

Of uncertain origin.

Unknown; see privet.

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Forms

plural: prims
Singularprim
Pluralprims

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedprimp

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
priestesspriesthoodpriestlyprimalprimarilyB1
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