Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Prim

Prim , noun

[See Privet.]

(Bot) The privet.

Prim , adjective

[Old French prim, prin, prime, first, principal. sharp, thin, piercing, from Latin primus first. See Prime, a.]

Formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice; as, prim regularity; a prim person. — Swift

Prim , transitive verb

To deck with great nicety; to arrange with affected preciseness; to prink.

Prim , intransitive verb

To dress or act smartly. [Rare]