1. Affectedly dainty or refined
   - dainty, mincing, niminy-piminy, twee [Brit] 
2. Exaggeratedly proper
   - 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
   - prim up, prim out

Derived forms: prims, primmer, primmed, primmest, primming

See also: primness, proper, refined

Type of: apparel, change, clothe, compact, compress, constrict, contract, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate [archaic], press, raiment [archaic], squeeze, tog

Encyclopedia: Prim

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