The meaning of prim is stiffly formal and proper How to use prim in a sentence. Very formal and correct in behaviour and easily shocked by anything rude Formally precise or proper, as persons or behavior 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 If you describe someone as prim, you disapprove of them because they behave too correctly and are too easily shocked by anything rude We tend to imagine that the victorians were very prim and proper We sat primly at either end of a long settee She sipped her tea primly. Definition of prim adjective in oxford advanced learner's dictionary
A prim is a basic building block that is used to create build anything and everything in the virtual world of second life® She was what is called prim in her manner, and as delicate as an american. 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. The process was developed by madame lefebre in 1859
By meissner in 1863, who found that moist gases gave a better result And by prim in 1882, who sparked the gases under pressure It was also used by lord rayleigh in his isolation of argon.
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