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▪ I. primp, n. Now only dial.|prɪmp|
Also 7 prympe.
[app. like prim n.2, short for primprint.]
The privet; = prim n.2
1616Surfl. & Markh. Country Farme 156 The Garden of Pleasure is to be set about with Arbors, couered with Iesamin,..Bay trees, Woodbind, Vines,..Prympe, sweet Bryer, and other rare things. 1658R. Franck North. Mem. (1821) 140 A beautiful arbour adorned with primp hedges. 1877N.W. Linc. Gloss., Primp, privet. 1886S.W. Linc. Gloss., Primp, the shrub Privet.
▪ II. primp, v. orig. dial.|prɪmp|
[Related to prim v.]
1. trans. To make prim; to dress (up) or deck neatly or showily; to dispose or arrange primly. Also refl.
1801W. Beattie Parings (1873) 14 (E.D.D.) Just i' the newest fashion primped. a1860in Bartlett Dict. Amer. s.v., Arter marm and Aunt Jane had primped up an' fixed my har an' creevat, I was reddy. 1880J. E. Watt Poet. Sk. 73 (E.D.D.) Ye lassies,..A' primpit up an' dressed like leddies. 1914R. Frost North of Boston 103 Lord, if I were to dream of everyone Whose shoes I primped to dance in! 1945J. Steinbeck Cannery Row viii. 47 A Lee cousin primped up slightly wilted heads of lettuce the way a girl primps a loose finger wave. 1959Numbers Feb. 30 Primping yourself up like a damned quean. 1965F. Knebel Night of Camp David xiv. 232 She came willingly enough, after primping her hair and smoothing her charcoal linen dress. 1974‘A. Haig’ Peruvian Printout 45 When Heinrich..came back..Shirley even forgot to primp herself.
b. intr. (for refl.) To make oneself smart; to prink. Also const. up.
1887Harper's Mag. Mar. 544/1 When you was primping so, I thought all the time it was for Mrs. Rainwater. 1901W. N. Harben Westerfelt iv. 49 Ef you want to primp up a little an' bresh that hoss-hair off'n yore pants, go in yore room. 1903Review of Rev. Apr. p. xix. (Cartoons) The world is beginning to primp for the big show at St. Louis in 1904. 1937Daily Tel. 31 Aug. 12/4 It [sc. the women's dressing-room of an American flying-boat] is described as containing ‘mirrors and leather-covered stools for primping’—which I take to mean such running repairs as passengers find necessary. 1939N. Coward Words & Music in Play Parade II. 120 In tropical heat Nobody who's sweet, survives We powder and primp And try to be sympathetic. 1977Daily News (Perth, Austral.) 19 Jan. 6/4 (caption) Dorothy Hamill, 1976 Olympic figure skating champion, primps before making her New York debut with the Ice Capades at Madison Square Garden.
c. intr. To make tidying or smoothing movements. rare.
1881I. M. Rittenhouse Maud (1939) 1 Eva..pulled down her basque, ‘primped’ at her hair,..and looked expectantly towards the door.
2. intr. To behave primly; to put on affected airs.
1804[see below]. 1875W. Welsh Poet. & Prose Wks. 39 Pridefu' like she primpit Wi puckered neck and glancin' cheek And ruffles neatly crimpit.
3. trans. and intr. To move (oneself or another person) fussily or mincingly.
1951W. Sansom Face of Innocence xiii. 184 She primped us over to Roddy with all the posturing, like a dove stamping out its love-dance, of one person meeting another. 1953J. Masters Lotus & Wind vii. 89 She opened the door..and primped along the passage. The skirt clung so tightly around her thighs that she had to hobble. 1977N.Z. Listener 15 Jan. 46/4 The comedians pranced and primped with Ronnie Corbett.
Hence primped, Sc. ˈprimpit, ppl. a. dial., affected, prudish; of the mouth, closed primly, pursed up (Sc.); also primped-up; ˈprimping vbl. n., preparing, dressing up; ppl. a., demure, prudish (Sc.).
c1739J. Skinner Christmas Ba'ing iv, The tanner was a primpit [Gloss. ‘delicate, nice’] bit, As flimsy as a feather. 1804W. Tarras Poems 72 Young primpin Jean, wi' cuttie speen, Sings dum' to bake the bannocks. 1853W. Cadenhead Bon-Accord 199 (E.D.D.) Lady Ladles—primpit dame. Ibid. 169 Some wi' primpit mou', And upturn'd e'en. 1888Amer. Ann. Deaf Apr. 100 Helen has a great notion of ‘primping’. Nothing pleases her better than to be dressed in her best clothes. 1894E. Banks Campaigns Curiosity 40 Annie insisted that I wasted too much time in ‘primping’. 1899W. Churchill R. Carvel x, You are content to see Richard without primping. 1935Z. N. Hurston Mules & Men (1970) i. vi. 126 Tain't no use in you gittin' yo' mouf all primped up for no hoein' and rakin' out of me, Bertha. Call yo' grandson and let him do it. 1959News Chron. 11 Aug. 6/4 Adolescence..is early enough to begin real primping. 1963Listener 28 Mar. 570/1 One had the primped-up stage, gorgeous to the eye. 1977New Yorker 16 May 108/2 When the course is closed to play and the green-keeping staff is giving it a final primping for the opening round.
▪ III. primp, a.|prɪmp|
[f. the vb.]
Smart, neat, prim.
1835Fraser's Mag. July 17 Your primp wizand faces. 1903N.Y. Times 26 Sept. 4 (Advt.), All-weather coats they are—just as primp, good-fitting and handsome as a man could wish to wear. 1931Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 19 Feb., Scotia's leed has mony a kin', Tae fit baith primp an' pliskie. 1966J. S. Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing 122/1 Primp, smart, neat. |