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   prim

   /prɪm/

   adjective

   • 1. feeling or showing disapproval of anything regarded as improper; stiffly correct: "a very prim and proper lady"

   verb

   • 1. purse (the mouth or lips) into a prim expression: "Laurie primmed up his mouth"

   Word Origin late 17th century (as a verb): probably ultimately from Old French prin, Provençal prim ‘excellent, delicate’, from Latin primus ‘first’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. primly adverb
   • 2. primness noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • P

     3

   • R

     1

   • I

     1

   • M

     3

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