prim

8 definitions found

prim - 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.
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     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.
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  Prim \Prim\, n. [See Privet.] (Bot)
     The privet.
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  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.
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  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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  Prim \Prim\, v. i.
     To dress or act smartly. [R.]
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prim - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]

prim - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Prim, AR
    Zip code(s): 72130

prim - 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