primsie
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of primsie
Example Sentences
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I do not think, therefore that even prim would be a word sufficiently dignified for the situation and context; much less is its diminutive primsie.
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Viewing Angelo, therefore, as a man proverbial for rigidly virtuous conduct; who stood "at a guard with envy;" who challenged scrutiny; and who was above the tongue of slander; I do not think that primsie can be looked upon as an appropriate designation in the mouth of Claudio.
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He would use some word in the greatest possible contrast to the infamous conduct Isabella was imputing to Angelo: primsie would be weak and almost unmeaning, and, as such, I will not receive it as Shakespeare's, so long as the choice of a better remains.
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In Allan Cunningham's Glossary to Burns, I find Primsie, which he defines to mean demure, precise.
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An old Scotch proverb is quoted, in which the word is used: "A primsie damsel makes a laidlae dame."
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