- prim adj
- [prɪm]
-mer comp -mest superl (demure: person, dress) per benino, (house, garden) in cui nulla è fuori posto, (manner, smile) compassato (-a), (prudish), (also: prim and proper) per benino
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prim adj
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prim — adj Prim, priggish, prissy, prudish, puritanical, straitlaced, stuffy mean excessively concerned with what one regards as proper or right. Prim and priggish (see also COMPLACENT) both imply an excessive and conscious fastidiousness in manners and … New Dictionary of Synonyms
prim — [prım] adj [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: Perhaps from Old French prin excellent, fine , from Latin primus; PRIME1] 1.) very formal and careful in the way you speak and behave, and easily shocked by anything rude ▪ She looked prim and nervous in her… … Dictionary of contemporary English
prim — prim1 [prim] adj. primmer, primmest [< ? MFr prim, prime, first (also sharp, thin, slender; hence, neat) < L primus, first: see PRIME] stiffly formal, precise, moral, etc.; proper; demure vt., vi. primmed, primming to assume a prim… … English World dictionary
prim — 〈Adj.; Math.〉 teilbar nur durch 1 u. sich selbst (von Zahlen) [Etym.: → Primzahl] … Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch
prim — [adj] particular, fussy blue nose*, ceremonial, ceremonious, choosy, cleanly, conventional, correct, dapper*, decorous, demure, fastidious, formal, genteel, good, goody goody*, nice, nit picking*, orderly, overmodest, polite, precise, priggish,… … New thesaurus
prim — prim1 primly, adv. primness, n. /prim/, adj., primmer, primmest, v., primmed, primming. adj. 1. formally precise or proper, as persons or behavior; stiffly neat. v.i. 2. to draw up the mouth in an affectedly nice or precise way. v.t … Universalium
prim´ness — prim «prihm», adjective, prim|mer, prim|mest, verb, primmed, prim|ming. –adj. precise, neat, proper, or formal in a stiff way: »friends…staid and prim, of evangelical tendencies ( … Useful english dictionary
prim´ly — prim «prihm», adjective, prim|mer, prim|mest, verb, primmed, prim|ming. –adj. precise, neat, proper, or formal in a stiff way: »friends…staid and prim, of evangelical tendencies ( … Useful english dictionary
Prim — 〈f. 20〉 1. 〈kath. Kirche〉 morgendl. Gebetstunde 2. 〈Mus.〉 = Prime (2) 3. 〈Sp.; Fechten〉 = Prime (3) [zu lat. primus „der erste“] * * * prim <Adj.> [rückgeb. aus ↑ Primzahl] (Math.) … Universal-Lexikon
prim — adj. & v. adj. (primmer, primmest) 1 (of a person or manner) stiffly formal and precise. 2 (of a woman or girl) demure. 3 prudish. v.tr. (primmed, primming) 1 form (the face, lips, etc.) into a prim expression. 2 make prim. Derivatives: primly… … Useful english dictionary
prim — 1680s (v.) to assume a formal, precise demeanor, probably from Fr. prim thin, small, delicate, from O.Fr. prim fine, delicate, from L. primus first, finest (see PRIME (Cf. prime) (adj.)). Attested as a noun from 1700. The adjective, the sole… … Etymology dictionary
