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- [prim]
- /prɪm/
- /prɪm/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [prim]
- /prɪm/
Definitions of prim word
- adjective prim formally precise or proper, as persons or behavior; stiffly neat. 1
- verb without object prim to draw up the mouth in an affectedly nice or precise way. 1
- verb with object prim to make prim, as in appearance. 1
- verb with object prim to draw (one's face, lips, etc.) into a prim expression. 1
- abbreviation PRIM privet. 1
- adjective prim prudish, proper 1
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Origin of prim
First appearance:
before 1675 One of the 48% oldest English words
First recorded in 1675-85; origin uncertain
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Prim
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
prim popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
prim usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for prim
adj prim
- abstinent — forbearance from any indulgence of appetite, especially from the use of alcoholic beverages: total abstinence.
- adulatory — If someone makes an adulatory comment about someone, they praise them and show their admiration of them.
- bandbox — a lightweight usually cylindrical box used for holding small articles, esp hats
- brittle — An object or substance that is brittle is hard but easily broken.
- by the book — according to the rules; in the prescribed or usual way
verb prim
- deck out — If a person or thing is decked out with or in something, they are decorated with it or wearing it, usually for a special occasion.
- groom — a bridegroom.
- lick into shape — to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
adjective prim
- cleanly — in a fair manner
- eremitic — Characteristic of a hermit.
- euphuistic — Of or pertaining to euphuism.
- humorless — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- humourless — (British spelling, Canadian) alternative spelling of humorless.
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