PRIM meaning: 1. very formal and correct in behaviour and easily shocked by anything rude: 2. very formal and…. Learn more.

The meaning of PRIM is stiffly formal and proper : decorous. How to use prim in a sentence.

If you describe someone as prim, you disapprove of them because they behave too correctly and are too easily shocked by anything rude.

PRIM definition: formally precise or proper, as persons or behavior; stiffly neat. See examples of prim used in a sentence.

To assume a prim expression. [Possibly from obsolete prim, formal or demure person, perhaps from Old French prin, first, delicate; see prime.]

Definition of prim adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Factsheet What does the adjective prim mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective prim. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.