• IPA: /pɹɪm/, [pʰɹ̠̊ɪm]

From oc-pro prim, from Old French prim, prin, from Latin primus.

prim (comparative primmer, superlative primmest)

1. prudish, straight-laced
2. formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice

   prim regularity; a prim person

   • 1708, [Jonathan Swift], “(please specify the page)”, in Baucis and Philemon; a Poem. […], London: […] H. Hills, […], published 1709, →OCLC ↗:

     Philemon was in great surprise,⁠
     And hardly could believe his eyes,
     Amaz'd to see her look so prim;
     And she admir'd as much at him.

• French: collet monté, guindé
• German: prüde, ordentlich
• Russian: чо́порный
• Spanish: mojigato, santurrón, cartuchón

prim (prims, present participle primming; simple past and past participle primmed)

1. (dated) To make affectedly precise or proper.
2. (dated) To dress or act smartly.

Unkown; see privet.

prim

1. (botany) privet

1. Surname.