prim¹ /prim/

1. Rigidly punctilious and precise
2. Stiffly formal
3. Over-demure
4. Prudishly disapproving

1. To deck or dress with great nicety
2. To set (the face) or purse (the lips, mouth) in a prim expression
3. To neaten

1. To look prim
2. To prim the mouth

primˈly adverb

primˈness noun

• recalcitrant
• recalcitrants
• recalcitrate
• recalcitrated
• recalcitrates
• recalcitrating
• recalcitration
• recalcitrations
• recalculate
• recalculated
• recalculates
• recalculating
• recalesce
• recalesced
• recalescence
• recalescences
• recalescent
• recalesces
• recalescing
• recall
• recallable
• recalled
• recalling
• recallment
• recallments