prim

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

prim [prim primmer primmest prims primmed primming] BrE [prɪm] NAmE [prɪm] adjective (prim·mer, prim·mest)(disapproving)
1. (of a person)always behaving in a careful and formal way, and easily shocked by anything that is rude
•You can't tell her that joke— she's much too prim and proper.
2. formal and neat
Syn: ↑demure
•a prim suit with a high-necked collar
Derived Word: ↑primly

Word Origin:
late 17th cent. (as a verb): probably ultimately from Old French prin, Provençal prim ‘excellent, delicate’, from Latin primus ‘first’.

Example Bank:
•He had rather prim ideas about what things were suitable for the children.
•She knew she sounded prim.
•You can't tell her that joke— she's much too prim and proper.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  dainty, mincing, niminy-piminy, twee, prim up, prim out