primness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

primness
    n 1: excessive or affected modesty [syn: {primness},
         {prudishness}, {prudery}, {Grundyism}]
    2: exaggerated and arrogant properness [syn: {priggishness},
       {primness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Primness \Prim"ness\, n.
   The quality or state of being prim; affected formality or
   niceness; preciseness; stiffness.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

41 Moby Thesaurus words for "primness":
      Quakerishness, buckram, censoriousness, ceremonial,
      ceremoniousness, ceremony, demureness, demurity, dignity,
      extrinsicality, false modesty, form, formality, formalization,
      gravity, hideboundness, impersonality, mauvaise honte, narrowness,
      overmodesty, pomp, pomposity, priggishness, prudery, prudishness,
      puritanicalness, rigidness, ritual, rituality, sanctimoniousness,
      sanctimony, smugness, solemnity, starchiness, stiff-neckedness,
      stiffness, stiltedness, straitlacedness, stuffiness, stylization,
      weight