prim
[adjective]
Synonyms: prudish, demure, fastidious, fussy, priggish, prissy (informal), proper, puritanical, strait-laced

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Contrasted words: lax, loose, slack, easy, easygoing, free
Related Idioms: prim and proper
Related Words: correct, nice, precise, decorous, rigid, stiff, wooden, ceremonial, ceremonious, conventional, formal, straight

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prim /prɪm/ adjective
[Date: 1700-1800; Origin: Perhaps from Old French prin 'excellent, fine', from Latin primus; ⇒ prime¹]

1. very formal and careful in the way you speak and behave, and easily shocked by anything rude:
She looked prim and nervous in her best hat and coat.
a very prim and proper young lady

2. prim clothes are neat and formal:
a prim suit
—primly adverb

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