Thesaurus: prim
The privet.
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Definitions
- n. The privet.
- a. Formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice; as, prim regularity; a prim person.
- v. t. To deck with great nicety; to arrange with affected preciseness; to prink.
- v. i. To dress or act smartly.
- adj. affectedly dainty or refined
- adj. exaggeratedly proper
- v. assume a prim appearance
- v. contract one's lips
- v. dress primly
- The privet. Formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice; as, prim regularity; a prim person. Swift. To deck with great nicety; to arrange with affected preciseness; to prink. To dress or act smartly. [R.]
- j:100 v. assume a prim appearance v. contract one's lips v. dress primly