prim

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
prim
    adj 1: affectedly dainty or refined [syn: {dainty}, {mincing},
           {niminy-piminy}, {prim}, {twee}]
    2: exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't
       approve of my miniskirts" [syn: {priggish}, {prim}, {prissy},
       {prudish}, {puritanical}, {square-toed}, {straitlaced},
       {strait-laced}, {straightlaced}, {straight-laced}, {tight-
       laced}, {victorian}]
    v 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 [syn: {prim}, {prim up}, {prim out}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Privet \Priv"et\, n. [Cf. Scot. privie, Prov. E. prim-print,
   primwort. Prob. for primet, and perh. named from being cut
   and trimmed. See, {Prim}, a., and cf. {Prime} to prune,
   {Prim}, n., {Prie}, n.] (Bot.)
   An ornamental European shrub ({Ligustrum vulgare}), much used
   in hedges; -- called also {prim}.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Egyptian privet}. See {Lawsonia}.

   {Evergreen privet}, a plant of the genus {Rhamnus}. See
      {Alatern}.

   {Mock privet}, any one of several evergreen shrubs of the
      genus {Phillyrea}. They are from the Mediterranean region,
      and have been much cultivated for hedges and for
      fancifully clipped shrubberies.
      [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Prim \Prim\, n. [See {Privet}.] (Bot)
   The privet.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Prim \Prim\, a. [OF. prim, prin, prime, first, principal. sharp,
   thin, piercing, fr. L. primus first. See {Prime}, a.]
   Formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice; as, prim
   regularity; a prim person. --Swift.
   [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Prim \Prim\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Primmed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Primming}.]
   To deck with great nicety; to arrange with affected
   preciseness; to prink.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Prim \Prim\, v. i.
   To dress or act smartly. [R.]
   [1913 Webster]
from U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Prim, AR
  Zip code(s): 72130
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "prim":
      Quakerish, Victorian, bluenosed, buckram, censorious, ceremonial,
      ceremonious, chipper, conventional, correct, decorous, demure,
      formal, genteel, hidebound, in buckram, mid-Victorian, narrow,
      neat, nice, old-maidish, orderly, overmodest, precise, prig,
      priggish, prissy, proper, prudish, puritanical, rigid,
      sanctimonious, shipshape, smug, snug, spick-and-span, starch,
      starched, stiff, stiff-necked, stilted, straight, straitlaced,
      stuffy, tidy, trim, uncluttered, well-groomed, wooden
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