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51nice-nellyism — n primness, excessive propriety, prissiness, prudery, prudishness, priggishness, prig gery, overniceness, Inf. goodiness; pretentiousness, sanctimoniousness, equivocation, (esp. in Victorian England) prunes and prisms; preciosity, preciousness,… …
52preciosity — n (all of language, style, or taste) overrefinement, excessive refinement, fastidiousness, fin ickiness; preciousness, meticulosity, meticulousness; Sl. cutesiness, daintiness, effeminacy, effeteness; primness, prudishness, prudery, Inf.… …
53starch — n 1. formality, ceremony, stiffness, rigidity, inflexibility; primness, propriety, prudery, Sl. uprightness; etiquette, manners, decorum, convenance; strictness, exactness, exactitude, punctilio, punctiliousness, precision, preciseness,… …
54grrl — /grl/ (say grl) noun Colloquial (a respelling of the word girl , connoting aggression, strength, self confidence, etc., and rejecting any connotation of weakness, meekness, primness, etc.) Also, grrrl. {blend of girl and the representation of a… …
55old maid — /oʊld ˈmeɪd/ (say ohld mayd) noun 1. an elderly or confirmed spinster. 2. Colloquial a person with the alleged characteristics of an old maid, such as primness, prudery, fastidiousness, etc. 3. a game of cards in which the players draw from one… …
56prim — /prɪm / (say prim) adjective (primmer, primmest) 1. affectedly precise or proper, as persons, behaviour, etc.; stiffly neat. –verb (primmed, primming) –verb (i) 2. to draw up the mouth in an affectedly nice or precise way. –verb (t) 3. to make… …
57prim — ► ADJECTIVE (primmer, primmest) ▪ feeling or showing disapproval of anything improper; stiffly correct. DERIVATIVES primly adverb primness noun. ORIGIN probably from Old French prin, excellent, delicate , from Latin primus first …
58primly — prim ► ADJECTIVE (primmer, primmest) ▪ feeling or showing disapproval of anything improper; stiffly correct. DERIVATIVES primly adverb primness noun. ORIGIN probably from Old French prin, excellent, delicate , from Latin primus first …
59primp — ► VERB ▪ make minor adjustments to (one s hair, clothes, or make up). ORIGIN related to PRIM(Cf. ↑primness) …
60prissily — prissy ► ADJECTIVE (prissier, prissiest) ▪ fussily respectable; prim. DERIVATIVES prissily adverb prissiness noun. ORIGIN perhaps a blend of PRIM(Cf. ↑primness) and SISSY(Cf. ↑ …
