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primness


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Primness  \Prim"ness\,  n. 
  The  quality  or  state  of  being  prim;  affected  formality  or 
  niceness;  preciseness;  stiffness. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  primness 
  n  1:  excessive  or  affected  modesty  [syn:  {prudishness},  {prudery}, 
  {Grundyism}] 
  2:  exaggerated  and  arrogant  properness  [syn:  {priggishness}] 




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