'Primness' definitions:
Definition of 'primness'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Primness'
From: GCIDE
- Primness \Prim"ness\, n. The quality or state of being prim; affected formality or niceness; preciseness; stiffness. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'primness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- buckram,
- censoriousness,
- ceremonial,
- ceremoniousness,
- ceremony,
- demureness,
- demurity,
- dignity,
- extrinsicality,
- false modesty,
- form,
- formality,
- formalization,
- gravity,
- hideboundness,
- impersonality,
- mauvaise honte,
- narrowness,
- overmodesty,
- pomp,
- pomposity,
- priggishness,
- prudery,
- prudishness,
- puritanicalness,
- Quakerishness,
- rigidness,
- ritual,
- rituality,
- sanctimoniousness,
- sanctimony,
- smugness,
- solemnity,
- starchiness,
- stiff-neckedness,
- stiffness,
- stiltedness,
- straitlacedness,
- stuffiness,
- stylization,
- weight