Definition of prim in English:

prim

adjectiveprimmer, primmest prɪmprɪm

Feeling or showing disapproval of anything regarded as improper; stiffly correct.
a very prim and proper lady
Example sentencesExamples
- Thus is the tone set early on, and it's decidedly at odds with our notions today of the prim and proper Victorians.
- She is from the 1960's, but extremely prim and proper, a very quiet, moral woman.
- She had the look of a prim and proper lady of the Victorian times, with her well tended hair, all neatly tied in a bun, and simple, ankle length dress.
- There not very far from them sat the Princess, sitting very prim and proper, watching the fish play in the fountain pool.
- She was even prim and proper during the bloopers at the end of her show.
- It was true Lily was extraordinarily prim and proper when she started going to Alex's school.
- Being a prim and proper spinster, Jane Austen did not use the family scandal in any of her novels.
- The second was an elderly lady, prim and proper in her Victorian dress.
- She has always seen her grandfather as the prim and proper man that her parents know, but as she spends the day with him, she learns that there is more to him than meets the eye.
- At one point she thought she would laugh aloud at how prim and proper they both sounded, when just below the surface, tension seethed.
- Her mother spat fire whenever she caught Danielle sitting in any position other than the normal prim and proper, ramrod stiff spine lady pose.
- Like all such movies, the people are prim and proper on the surface; they all dress neatly and everyone walks around with unspoken emotions waiting to bubble forth to the surface.
- Looking prim and proper, and every inch a little lady, Miss Destiny looked demurely down at her hands.
- While women have announced their need to be prim, proper and pampered, spas preach that it's not how you look once you leave, rather how you feel during the treatment and once you walk out.
- She was a schoolteacher of English in Mississippi and presents herself as very prim, proper, and prudent.
- The neighbors were prim and proper, from their impeccable manners down to their neatly manicured lawns.
- Even the waiters, prim and proper and offering excellent service during the day, turn into veritable fleet-footed dancers in the evening, even dragging guests on to the floor.
- To meet, she's pleasant, if a little prim, with body language that suggests her guard is up.
- She was prim and proper, neat and tidy, and very strict.
- There was no prim and proper lady to be seen near the Great Hall, for they had no great mind to walk outside whilst it was raining.
Synonyms
demure, proper, prim and proper, formal, stuffy, strait-laced, prudish
prissy, mimsy, priggish, puritanical, niminy-piminy, Victorian, old-maid, old-maidish, schoolmistressy, schoolmarmish, governessy
British po-faced
informal starchy
archaic square-toed
rare Grundyish

verbprimming, primmed, prims prɪmprɪm

[with object]

Purse (the mouth or lips) into a prim expression.
Laurie primmed up his mouth
Example sentencesExamples
- "Really, Mr. North," she primmed her mouth to its most school teacherish, "I wish you would go".
- Though she primmed her mouth at him, a dimple betrayed her.

Derivatives

primly

adverb ˈprɪmli

I dropped the curling iron onto the counter, finally satisfied with the ringlets that fell primly about my shoulders, and listlessly studied my reflection.
Example sentencesExamples
- So I kick off my shoes, tuck one foot under me, but remain primly upright, notebook and pen poised.
- The lady in gray stood in front of us all, her proper gray hair pulled back into a tight bun, her dress neatly ironed and starched, and everything about her neatly and primly done.
- ‘And I told you it does not befit a young lady to call a gentleman in such a familiar manner,’ she answered primly.
- He has also written the accompanying catalogue, which reveals that these men who gave us some of the most poetic and placid paintings, which often seem to be so very primly composed, led turbulent lives.

primness

noun ˈprɪmnəsˈprɪmnəs

Francesca straightened her face into an expression of extreme primness and said in delicate, slightly haughty tones, ‘You may kiss her.’
Example sentencesExamples
- Dinner was seriously good, but far from solemn, with none of that hushed primness that spoils many smart country restaurants.
- The Beatles broke the primness of post war mentality still worn like a cloak by society less than twenty years after the end of World War Two.
- Yes, there's a clean-line primness to the design, evoking a corporate-committee-don't-offend style that won't match the aesthetics of some.
- With that maddening primness of speech, he said, ‘You will not always have the luxury of addressing your targets without distraction, Joyce.’

Origin

Late 17th century (as a verb): probably ultimately from Old French prin, Provençal prim 'excellent, delicate', from Latin primus 'first'.

Rhymes

bedim, brim, crim, dim, glim, grim, Grimm, gym, him, hymn, Jim, Kim, limb, limn, nim, scrim, shim, Sim, skim, slim, swim, Tim, trim, vim, whim

Definition of prim in US English:

prim

adjectiveprimprɪm

Stiffly formal and respectable; feeling or showing disapproval of anything regarded as improper.
a very prim and proper lady
Example sentencesExamples
- At one point she thought she would laugh aloud at how prim and proper they both sounded, when just below the surface, tension seethed.
- She was prim and proper, neat and tidy, and very strict.
- While women have announced their need to be prim, proper and pampered, spas preach that it's not how you look once you leave, rather how you feel during the treatment and once you walk out.
- She was even prim and proper during the bloopers at the end of her show.
- The second was an elderly lady, prim and proper in her Victorian dress.
- She has always seen her grandfather as the prim and proper man that her parents know, but as she spends the day with him, she learns that there is more to him than meets the eye.
- There not very far from them sat the Princess, sitting very prim and proper, watching the fish play in the fountain pool.
- She was a schoolteacher of English in Mississippi and presents herself as very prim, proper, and prudent.
- Being a prim and proper spinster, Jane Austen did not use the family scandal in any of her novels.
- Her mother spat fire whenever she caught Danielle sitting in any position other than the normal prim and proper, ramrod stiff spine lady pose.
- She is from the 1960's, but extremely prim and proper, a very quiet, moral woman.
- Like all such movies, the people are prim and proper on the surface; they all dress neatly and everyone walks around with unspoken emotions waiting to bubble forth to the surface.
- There was no prim and proper lady to be seen near the Great Hall, for they had no great mind to walk outside whilst it was raining.
- Looking prim and proper, and every inch a little lady, Miss Destiny looked demurely down at her hands.
- It was true Lily was extraordinarily prim and proper when she started going to Alex's school.
- Even the waiters, prim and proper and offering excellent service during the day, turn into veritable fleet-footed dancers in the evening, even dragging guests on to the floor.
- Thus is the tone set early on, and it's decidedly at odds with our notions today of the prim and proper Victorians.
- To meet, she's pleasant, if a little prim, with body language that suggests her guard is up.
- She had the look of a prim and proper lady of the Victorian times, with her well tended hair, all neatly tied in a bun, and simple, ankle length dress.
- The neighbors were prim and proper, from their impeccable manners down to their neatly manicured lawns.
Synonyms
demure, proper, prim and proper, formal, stuffy, strait-laced, prudish

verbprimprɪm

[with object]

Purse (the mouth or lips) into a prim expression.
Larry primmed up his mouth
Example sentencesExamples
- "Really, Mr. North," she primmed her mouth to its most school teacherish, "I wish you would go".
- Though she primmed her mouth at him, a dimple betrayed her.

Origin

Late 17th century (as a verb): probably ultimately from Old French prin, Provençal prim ‘excellent, delicate’, from Latin primus ‘first’.

单词	prim
释义	Definition of prim in English: prim adjectiveprimmer, primmest prɪmprɪm Feeling or showing disapproval of anything regarded as improper; stiffly correct. a very prim and proper lady Example sentencesExamples Thus is the tone set early on, and it's decidedly at odds with our notions today of the prim and proper Victorians. She is from the 1960's, but extremely prim and proper, a very quiet, moral woman. She had the look of a prim and proper lady of the Victorian times, with her well tended hair, all neatly tied in a bun, and simple, ankle length dress. There not very far from them sat the Princess, sitting very prim and proper, watching the fish play in the fountain pool. She was even prim and proper during the bloopers at the end of her show. It was true Lily was extraordinarily prim and proper when she started going to Alex's school. Being a prim and proper spinster, Jane Austen did not use the family scandal in any of her novels. The second was an elderly lady, prim and proper in her Victorian dress. She has always seen her grandfather as the prim and proper man that her parents know, but as she spends the day with him, she learns that there is more to him than meets the eye. At one point she thought she would laugh aloud at how prim and proper they both sounded, when just below the surface, tension seethed. Her mother spat fire whenever she caught Danielle sitting in any position other than the normal prim and proper, ramrod stiff spine lady pose. Like all such movies, the people are prim and proper on the surface; they all dress neatly and everyone walks around with unspoken emotions waiting to bubble forth to the surface. Looking prim and proper, and every inch a little lady, Miss Destiny looked demurely down at her hands. While women have announced their need to be prim, proper and pampered, spas preach that it's not how you look once you leave, rather how you feel during the treatment and once you walk out. She was a schoolteacher of English in Mississippi and presents herself as very prim, proper, and prudent. The neighbors were prim and proper, from their impeccable manners down to their neatly manicured lawns. Even the waiters, prim and proper and offering excellent service during the day, turn into veritable fleet-footed dancers in the evening, even dragging guests on to the floor. To meet, she's pleasant, if a little prim, with body language that suggests her guard is up. She was prim and proper, neat and tidy, and very strict. There was no prim and proper lady to be seen near the Great Hall, for they had no great mind to walk outside whilst it was raining. Synonyms demure, proper, prim and proper, formal, stuffy, strait-laced, prudish prissy, mimsy, priggish, puritanical, niminy-piminy, Victorian, old-maid, old-maidish, schoolmistressy, schoolmarmish, governessy British po-faced informal starchy archaic square-toed rare Grundyish verbprimming, primmed, prims prɪmprɪm [with object] Purse (the mouth or lips) into a prim expression. Laurie primmed up his mouth Example sentencesExamples "Really, Mr. North," she primmed her mouth to its most school teacherish, "I wish you would go". Though she primmed her mouth at him, a dimple betrayed her. Derivatives primly adverb ˈprɪmli I dropped the curling iron onto the counter, finally satisfied with the ringlets that fell primly about my shoulders, and listlessly studied my reflection. Example sentencesExamples So I kick off my shoes, tuck one foot under me, but remain primly upright, notebook and pen poised. The lady in gray stood in front of us all, her proper gray hair pulled back into a tight bun, her dress neatly ironed and starched, and everything about her neatly and primly done. ‘And I told you it does not befit a young lady to call a gentleman in such a familiar manner,’ she answered primly. He has also written the accompanying catalogue, which reveals that these men who gave us some of the most poetic and placid paintings, which often seem to be so very primly composed, led turbulent lives. primness noun ˈprɪmnəsˈprɪmnəs Francesca straightened her face into an expression of extreme primness and said in delicate, slightly haughty tones, ‘You may kiss her.’ Example sentencesExamples Dinner was seriously good, but far from solemn, with none of that hushed primness that spoils many smart country restaurants. The Beatles broke the primness of post war mentality still worn like a cloak by society less than twenty years after the end of World War Two. Yes, there's a clean-line primness to the design, evoking a corporate-committee-don't-offend style that won't match the aesthetics of some. With that maddening primness of speech, he said, ‘You will not always have the luxury of addressing your targets without distraction, Joyce.’ Origin Late 17th century (as a verb): probably ultimately from Old French prin, Provençal prim 'excellent, delicate', from Latin primus 'first'. Rhymes bedim, brim, crim, dim, glim, grim, Grimm, gym, him, hymn, Jim, Kim, limb, limn, nim, scrim, shim, Sim, skim, slim, swim, Tim, trim, vim, whim Definition of prim in US English: prim adjectiveprimprɪm Stiffly formal and respectable; feeling or showing disapproval of anything regarded as improper. a very prim and proper lady Example sentencesExamples At one point she thought she would laugh aloud at how prim and proper they both sounded, when just below the surface, tension seethed. She was prim and proper, neat and tidy, and very strict. While women have announced their need to be prim, proper and pampered, spas preach that it's not how you look once you leave, rather how you feel during the treatment and once you walk out. She was even prim and proper during the bloopers at the end of her show. The second was an elderly lady, prim and proper in her Victorian dress. She has always seen her grandfather as the prim and proper man that her parents know, but as she spends the day with him, she learns that there is more to him than meets the eye. There not very far from them sat the Princess, sitting very prim and proper, watching the fish play in the fountain pool. She was a schoolteacher of English in Mississippi and presents herself as very prim, proper, and prudent. Being a prim and proper spinster, Jane Austen did not use the family scandal in any of her novels. Her mother spat fire whenever she caught Danielle sitting in any position other than the normal prim and proper, ramrod stiff spine lady pose. She is from the 1960's, but extremely prim and proper, a very quiet, moral woman. Like all such movies, the people are prim and proper on the surface; they all dress neatly and everyone walks around with unspoken emotions waiting to bubble forth to the surface. There was no prim and proper lady to be seen near the Great Hall, for they had no great mind to walk outside whilst it was raining. Looking prim and proper, and every inch a little lady, Miss Destiny looked demurely down at her hands. It was true Lily was extraordinarily prim and proper when she started going to Alex's school. Even the waiters, prim and proper and offering excellent service during the day, turn into veritable fleet-footed dancers in the evening, even dragging guests on to the floor. Thus is the tone set early on, and it's decidedly at odds with our notions today of the prim and proper Victorians. To meet, she's pleasant, if a little prim, with body language that suggests her guard is up. She had the look of a prim and proper lady of the Victorian times, with her well tended hair, all neatly tied in a bun, and simple, ankle length dress. The neighbors were prim and proper, from their impeccable manners down to their neatly manicured lawns. Synonyms demure, proper, prim and proper, formal, stuffy, strait-laced, prudish verbprimprɪm [with object] Purse (the mouth or lips) into a prim expression. Larry primmed up his mouth Example sentencesExamples "Really, Mr. North," she primmed her mouth to its most school teacherish, "I wish you would go". Though she primmed her mouth at him, a dimple betrayed her. Origin Late 17th century (as a verb): probably ultimately from Old French prin, Provençal prim ‘excellent, delicate’, from Latin primus ‘first’.
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