prim
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Etymology 1 edit
From Provençal prim (“delicate, excellent”), from Old French prim, prin, from Latin primus (“first”). Doublet of prime.
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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.
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Verb edit
prim (third-person singular simple present prims, present participle primming, simple past and past participle primmed)
Etymology 2 edit
Unkown; see privet.
Noun edit
prim
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin prīmus,[1] from earlier prīsmos from *prīsemos from Proto-Italic *priisemos.
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prim (feminine prima, masculine plural prims, feminine plural primes)
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References edit
- ^ “prim”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Further reading edit
- “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.
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prim m (feminine singular prima, masculine plural primi, feminine plural primes)
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin prīma (“first; first hour”).
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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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- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “prīm”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin prīmus, from earlier prīsmos < *prīsemos < Proto-Italic *priisemos.
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prim m or n (feminine singular primă, masculine plural primi, feminine and neuter plural prime)
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Turkish edit
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From Ottoman Turkish پریم (prim), from French prime.
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prim (definite accusative primi, plural primler)
References edit
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “prim”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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prim (nominative plural prims)