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English Dictionary: primness by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
primness
n
  1. excessive or affected modesty [syn: primness, prudishness, prudery, Grundyism]
  2. exaggerated and arrogant properness
    Synonym(s): priggishness, primness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Primness \Prim"ness\, n.
      The quality or state of being prim; affected formality or
      niceness; preciseness; stiffness.
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