prim

prim ¹  (prm)

adj. prim·mer, prim·mest

1.

a. Precise or proper to the point of affectation; excessively decorous.

b. Strait-laced; prudish.

2. Neat and trim: a prim hedgerow.

v. primmed, prim·ming, prims

v.tr.

1. To fix (the face or mouth) in a prim expression.

2. To make prim, as in dress or appearance.

v.intr.

To assume a prim expression.

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[Possibly from obsolete prim, formal or demure person, perhaps from Old French prin, first, delicate; see prime.]

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primly adv.

primness n.

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prim

Adjective

[primmer, primmest] affectedly proper, or formal, and rather prudish [origin unknown]

primly adv

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	prim - assume a prim appearance; "They mince and prim" change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
	2.	prim - contract one's lips; "She primmed her lips after every bite of food" constrict, compress, contract, compact, press, squeeze - squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
	3.	prim - dress primly prim out, prim up apparel, clothe, enclothe, garb, garment, raiment, tog, habilitate, fit out, dress - provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child"
Adj.	1.	prim - affectedly dainty or refined dainty, mincing, niminy-piminy, twee refined - (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste"
	2.	prim - exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts" priggish, prissy, prudish, square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, victorian, puritanical proper - marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness; "proper medical treatment"; "proper manners"

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prim

adjective prudish, particular, formal, proper, precise, stiff, fussy, fastidious, puritanical, demure, starchy (informal) prissy (informal) strait-laced, priggish, schoolmarmish Brit. (informal) old-maidish (informal) niminy-piminy << OPPOSITE liberal

Translations

prim [prɪm] adj (= demure) → remilgado (= prudish); gazmoño

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prim [prɪm] adj → collet monté inv, guindé(e)

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prim [prɪm] (pej) adj [person] → etepetete

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prim [prɪm] adj → pudico/a; contegnoso/a