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PRIMNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Exaggerated and arrogant properness
Synonyms:
priggishness; primness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("primness" is a kind of...):
correctitude; properness; propriety (correct or appropriate behavior)
Derivation:
prim (exaggeratedly proper)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Excessive or affected modesty
Synonyms:
Grundyism; primness; prudery; prudishness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("primness" is a kind of...):
modestness; modesty (freedom from vanity or conceit)
Derivation:
prim (exaggeratedly proper)
prim (affectedly dainty or refined)
