PRIM

(verb) dress primly
synonyms : prim out , prim up
Before getting ready, each morning she would prim out her dress. -added by naila_inlas
(verb) contract one's lips
"She primmed her lips after every bite of food"
(verb) assume a prim appearance
"They mince and prim"
(adj.) exaggeratedly proper
"my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
synonyms : priggish , prissy , prudish , puritanical , square-toed , straight-laced , straightlaced , strait-laced , straitlaced , tight-laced , victorian
Her excessively prim behavior makes her a bore. -added by naila_inlas
(adj.) affectedly dainty or refined
synonyms : dainty , mincing , niminy-piminy , twee
Women were taught to be prim in order to find suitable husbands. -added by naila_inlas

Mnemonics

(Tag: ) In order to be very precise and formal with my speech.., I had to trim all my stories. (Prim - Trim)
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(Tag: ) prim -very precise and formal Primary agenda of meeting has to be prim
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Origin

prim "fine, delicate," from primus "first, finest" (eg prime)=>to assume a formal, precise demeanor added by crystal

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