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Primmer vs Brimmer - What's the difference?

primmer | brimmer |

As an adjective primmer

is comparative of prim.

As a noun brimmer is

a cup brimming over with liquid.

primmer

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (prim)

    • 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
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    brimmer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cup brimming over with liquid.
  • * 1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick :
    • No wonder, then, that they made a straight wake for the whale's mouth--the bar--when the wrinkled little old Jonah, there officiating, soon poured them out brimmers all round.
  • (dialect) A hat with a brim, especially a straw hat.