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The meaning of PRIM is stiffly formal and proper : decorous. How to use prim in a sentence.

PRIM definition: 1. very formal and correct in behaviour and easily shocked by anything rude: 2. very formal and…. Learn more.

PRIM meaning: 1 : very formal and proper; 2 : easily shocked or upset by rude behavior, comments, etc.

Definition of prim adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

If you describe someone as prim, you disapprove of them because they behave too correctly and are too easily shocked by anything rude.

Factsheet What does the adjective prim mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective prim. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

Precise or proper to the point of affectation; excessively decorous. b. Strait-laced; prudish. 2. Neat and trim: a prim hedgerow. 1. To fix (the face or mouth) in a prim expression. 2. To make prim, …

to make prim, as in appearance. to draw (one's face, lips, etc.) into a prim expression.

Prim describes someone who is so concerned with being proper it becomes almost fake. If you go to the beach on spring break wearing a Victorian bathing costume, you're being prim. Clothes …