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Definition of 'primness' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) primness, prudishness, prudery, Grundyism
excessive or affected modesty

2. (noun) priggishness, primness
exaggerated and arrogant properness


Definition of 'primness' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) primness
the quality or state of being prim; affected formality or niceness; preciseness; stiffness


Translation of 'primness' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (of a person, behaviour etc) too formal and correct
a prim manner; a prim old lady.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: sedigheid Arabic flag Arabic: تَزَمُّت Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: прeкалена моралност
Brazilian flag Brazilian: cerimônia Czech flag Czech: upjatost German flag German: die Steifheit
Danish flag Danish: snerpethed Greek flag Greek: τυπικότητα, σεμνοτυφία Spanish flag Spanish: formalidad, etiqueta
Estonian flag Estonian: pirtsakus Farsi flag Farsi: شق و رق بودن Finnish flag Finnish: sovinnaisuus
French flag French: façons compassées Hebrew flag Hebrew: דַייקָנוּת Hindi flag Hindi: तुनकमिजाजी, पाखंडता
Croatian flag Croatian: ukočenost, preozbiljnost Hungarian flag Hungarian: kimértség, pedánsság Indonesian flag Indonesian: kesopanan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: yfirmáta formleg/settleg Italian flag Italian: compitezza Japanese flag Japanese: 堅苦しさ
Korean flag Korean: 깐깐함 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pabrėžtinas oficialumas, Latvian flag Latvian: pārlieka formalitāte/stīv
Malay flag Malay: ketertiban Dutch flag Dutch: preutsheid Norwegian flag Norwegian: snerpethet, prippenhet
Polish flag Polish: sztywność Persian flag Persian: شق و رق بودن Pashto flag Pashto: رسمۍ او وچ اوسيدل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: cerimónia Romanian flag Romanian: afectare Russian flag Russian: чопорность
Slovak flag Slovak: odmeranosť Slovenian flag Slovenian: nesproščenost Serbian flag Serbian: korektnost
Swedish flag Swedish: prudentlighet Thai flag Thai: ความสงบเสงี่ยม Turkish flag Turkish: resmîyet
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 一本正經 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: манірність Urdu flag Urdu: نفاست، نزاکت
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tính nghiêm túc Chinese flag Chinese: 一本正经

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