prim Definition

prim
adj primmer, primmest

1. Stiffly formal, over-modest or over-proper.

Thesaurus: proper, tidy, demure, sedate, fastidious, formal, particular; prudish, prissy, puritanical, stiff, strait-laced, fussy, old-maidish, priggish, schoolmarmish; Antonym: broad-minded, informal.
2. Prudishly disapproving.

verb primmed, primming

1. To purse (the mouth, lips, etc) into an expression of primness.
2. To make something prim.

Derivative: primly
adverb

Derivative: primness
noun

Etymology: 17c.