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verbdress primly
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adjectiveaffectedly dainty or refined
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adjectiveexaggeratedly proper
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"They mince and prim"verbassume a prim appearancetype of:
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"She primmed her lips after every bite of food"verbcontract one's lips
Definition that contains prim
- long primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified
- long primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
- family primary social group; parents and children
- short primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
- sponge primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
- algae primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves
- cassius prime mover in the conspiracy against Julius Caesar (died in 42 BC)
- gar primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth
- grindle primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America
- barbarous primitive in customs and culture