Prim vs Austere - What's the difference?
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prudish, straight-laced
formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice
(dated) To make affectedly precise or proper.
(dated) To dress or act smartly.
Grim or severe in manner or appearance
Lacking trivial decoration; not extravagant or gaudy
Prim is a related term of austere.
As a noun prim
is prime (the first note or tone of a musical scale).As an adjective austere is
austere.prim
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) prim, prin, from (etyl) (lena) .Adjective
(primmer)- prim''' regularity; a '''prim person
- (Jonathan Swift)
Usage notes
Often used in the collocation “prim and proper”.Derived terms
* prim and proper * prissyVerb
Etymology 2
See privet.austere
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- The headmistress was an austere old woman.
- The interior of the church was as austere as the parishioners were dour.