primp

Verb
US[primp]/prɪmp/1 syllable
Synonyms: preenplumedress

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Verb (1)

  1. dress or groom with elaborate care“She likes to dress when going to the opera”Synonyms: preenplumedressMore general overdress, dress upSimilar dress, get dressed
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Primp intransitive & transitive verb

Origin: Cf. Prim, adjective

To be formal or affected in dress or manners; — often with up. dialect (England) & Scottish James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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