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

PRIM definition: formally precise or proper, as persons or behavior; stiffly neat. See examples of prim used in a sentence.

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

To assume a prim expression. [Possibly from obsolete prim, formal or demure person, perhaps from Old French prin, first, delicate; see prime.]

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

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

The process was developed by Madame Lefebre in 1859; by Meissner in 1863, who found that moist gases gave a better result; and by Prim in 1882, who sparked the gases under pressure; it was also …

Prim means polite, straight-laced, even twee. Many characters in Jane Austen novels are prim and proper.