Primness

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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