亚洲网紅露点

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prim

1

[ prim ]

adjective

primmer, primmest.
  1. formally precise or proper, as persons or behavior; stiffly neat.

    Synonyms: , ,

    Antonyms:

  2. (especially of a woman or girl) excessively demure or modest.


verb (used without object)

primmed, primming.
  1. to draw up the mouth in an affectedly nice or precise way.

verb (used with object)

primmed, primming.
  1. to make prim, as in appearance.
  2. to draw (one's face, lips, etc.) into a prim expression.

prim

2

[ prim ]

prim.

3

abbreviation for

  1. primary.
  2. primitive.

prim

/ 辫谤瑟尘 /

adjective

  1. affectedly proper, precise, or formal
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to make prim
  2. to purse (the mouth) primly or (of the mouth) to be so pursed
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞辫谤颈尘濒测, adverb
  • 藞辫谤颈尘苍别蝉蝉, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辫谤颈尘路濒测 adverb
  • 辫谤颈尘路苍别蝉蝉 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of prim1

First recorded in 1675鈥85; origin uncertain

Origin of prim2

First recorded in 1565鈥75; shortening of earlier primprint privet < ?
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of prim1

C18: of unknown origin
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The prim romances, with handsome, caring and chivalrous heroes, are drawing a female audience turning away from what they see as hypersexual American entertainment.

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Miss Higgins, played by Georgie Glen, is the prim surgery receptionist with a poignant family backstory, which revealed her hidden strengths.

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Before each performance, the scene is set by a narrator who speaks in a prim, puritanical accent reminiscent of a bygone era.

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Despite the emphasis on Queenie鈥檚 sexual exploits and exploitation, the show is often prim: A car horn bleeps out a naughty word, and even the sex scenes are clothed and rather chaste.

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Shady revelled in outraging prim white suburbia, crudely proclaiming unspoken truths.

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