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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. excessive or affected modesty;
[syn: primness, prudishness, prudery, Grundyism]

2. exaggerated and arrogant properness;
[syn: priggishness, primness]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Primness \Prim"ness\, n.
   The quality or state of being prim; affected formality or
   niceness; preciseness; stiffness.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

primness
    n 1: excessive or affected modesty [syn: primness,
         prudishness, prudery, Grundyism]
    2: exaggerated and arrogant properness [syn: priggishness,
       primness]