primness
61prissiness — prissy ► ADJECTIVE (prissier, prissiest) ▪ fussily respectable; prim. DERIVATIVES prissily adverb prissiness noun. ORIGIN perhaps a blend of PRIM(Cf. ↑primness) and SISSY(Cf. ↑ …
62prissy — ► ADJECTIVE (prissier, prissiest) ▪ fussily respectable; prim. DERIVATIVES prissily adverb prissiness noun. ORIGIN perhaps a blend of PRIM(Cf. ↑primness) and SISSY(Cf. ↑ …
63prim — prim1 [prim] adj. primmer, primmest [< ? MFr prim, prime, first (also sharp, thin, slender; hence, neat) < L primus, first: see PRIME] stiffly formal, precise, moral, etc.; proper; demure vt., vi. primmed, primming to assume a prim… …
64mincing — adjective affectedly dainty or refined (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑dainty, ↑niminy piminy, ↑prim, ↑twee • Similar to: ↑refined • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
65modestness — noun 1. the property of being moderate in price or expenditures the store is famous for the reasonableness of its prices the modestness of the living standards here becomes obvious immediately • Syn: ↑reasonableness, ↑moderateness •… …
66priggish — adjective exaggeratedly proper my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn t approve of my miniskirts • Syn: ↑prim, ↑prissy, ↑prudish, ↑puritanical, ↑square toed, ↑straitlaced, ↑strait laced, ↑ …
67prim — adj. & v. adj. (primmer, primmest) 1 (of a person or manner) stiffly formal and precise. 2 (of a woman or girl) demure. 3 prudish. v.tr. (primmed, primming) 1 form (the face, lips, etc.) into a prim expression. 2 make prim. Derivatives: primly… …
68properness — noun correct or appropriate behavior • Syn: ↑propriety, ↑correctitude • Ant: ↑improperness, ↑impropriety (for: ↑propriety) • Derivationally related forms …
69prudish — adjective exaggeratedly proper my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn t approve of my miniskirts • Syn: ↑priggish, ↑prim, ↑prissy, ↑puritanical, ↑square toed, ↑straitlaced, ↑strait laced, ↑ …
70square-toed — adjective 1. exaggeratedly proper my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn t approve of my miniskirts • Syn: ↑priggish, ↑prim, ↑prissy, ↑prudish, ↑puritanical, ↑straitlaced, ↑strait laced, ↑ …
