prim
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Provençal prim (“delicate, excellent”), from Old French prim, prin, from Latin primus (“first”). Doublet of prime.
Adjective
prim (comparative primmer, superlative primmest)
- prudish, straight-laced
- 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:
- God damn it, what does she want of me, this sad, beautiful bridgeplayer of the Fifth Floor, with her air of lost love and her prim carnality? After seven years of her, Brotherhood still had no idea. He'd be out touring the stations, he'd be in Bongabonga land. He'd not speak or write to her for months. Yet he'd hardly unpacked his toothbrush before she was in his arms, demanding him with her sad and hungry eyes.
- 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.
- Philemon was in great surprise,
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Verb
prim (third-person singular simple present prims, present participle primming, simple past and past participle primmed)
Etymology 2
See privet.
Noun
prim
- (plants) privet
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “prim”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin prīmus[1], from earlier prīsmos from *prīsemos from Proto-Italic *priisemos.
Pronunciation
Adjective
prim (feminine prima, masculine plural prims, feminine plural primes)
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Further reading
- “prim” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “prim” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “prim” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
References
- ^ “prim”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Ladin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Adjective
prim m (feminine singular prima, masculine plural primi, feminine plural primes)
Old English
Etymology
From Latin prīma (“first; first hour”).
Pronunciation
Noun
prīm ?
- (historical) Prime, the first hour or tide (3-hour period) after dawn
- (Christianity) Prime, the divine office appointed for the hour in the liturgy
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References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “prīm”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin prīmus, from earlier prīsmos < *prīsemos < Proto-Italic *priisemos.
Pronunciation
Adjective
prim m or n (feminine singular primă, masculine plural primi, feminine and neuter plural prime)
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Noun
prim (nominative plural prims)
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