prim

prim is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

Definitions

  1. 1.The privet.
  2. 2.Formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice; as, prim regularity; a prim person. Swift.
  3. 3.To deck with great nicety; to arrange with affected preciseness; to prink.
  4. 4.To dress or act smartly. [R.]

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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