primmer, primmest
stiffly formal and respectable; feeling or showing disapproval of anything regarded as improper拘谨的, 古板的; 一本正经的：a very prim and proper lady.
一位循规蹈矩非常古板的女士。
primmed, primming
with obj. purse (the mouth or lips) into a prim expression抿（嘴, 唇）显出一本正经的表情：Laurie primmed up his mouth.
劳里抿着嘴。
派生词
primly
adverbprimness
noun词源
late 17th cent. (as a verb)： probably ultimately from Old French prin, Provençal prim 'excellent， delicate'， from Latin primus 'first'.