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Meaning of prim

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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