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Prude vs Prim - What's the difference?

prude | prim |

As nouns the difference between prude and prim

is that prude is a person who is or tries to be excessively proper, especially one who is easily offended by matters of a sexual nature while prim is privet.

As an adjective prim is

prudish, straight-laced.

As a verb prim is

to make affectedly precise or proper.

prude

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who is or tries to be excessively proper, especially one who is easily offended by matters of a sexual nature.
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    • Synonyms

    * prig * goody-goody * puritan * celibacist * erotophobe * antisexualist

    Derived terms

    * prudery * prudish

    Related terms

    * proud

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    prim

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) prim, prin, from (etyl) (lena) .

    Adjective

    (primmer)
  • prudish, straight-laced
  • formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice
    • prim''' regularity; a '''prim person
    (Jonathan Swift)
    Usage notes
    Often used in the collocation “prim and proper”.
    Derived terms
    * prim and proper * prissy

    Verb

  • (dated) To make affectedly precise or proper.
  • (dated) To dress or act smartly.

    • Etymology 2

    See privet.

    Noun

  • (botany) privet
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