1. (

• prim ,

) assume a prim appearance; "They mince and prim" ;

2. (

• prim

) contract one's lips; "She primmed her lips after every bite of food" ;

3. (

• prim ,
• prim_up ,
• prim_out

) dress primly ;

1. (

• mincing ,
• niminy-piminy ,
• prim ,
• twee

) affectedly dainty or refined ;

2. (

• priggish ,
• prim ,
• prissy ,
• prudish ,
• puritanical ,
• square-toed ,
• straitlaced ,
• strait-laced ,
• straightlaced ,
• straight-laced ,
• tight-laced ,
• victorian

) exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts" ;