Prim

8 definitions found

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

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

  Prim \Prim\, n. [See {Privet}.] (Bot)
     The privet.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

  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 [gcide]:

  Prim \Prim\, v. i.
     To dress or act smartly. [R.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  prim
       adj 1: affectedly dainty or refined [syn: {dainty}, {mincing}, {niminy-piminy},
               {twee}]
       2: exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't
          approve of my miniskirts" [syn: {priggish}, {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 up}, {prim out}]
       [also: {primming}, {primmed}, {primmest}, {primmer}]

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

  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
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Prim, AR
    Zip code(s): 72130