primness Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun excessive or affected modesty
    prudery; Grundyism; prudishness.
  2. noun exaggerated and arrogant properness
    priggishness.

WordNet


Prim"ness noun
Definitions
  1. The quality or state of being prim; affected formality or niceness; preciseness; stiffness.

Webster 1913