prim

Adjective

• exaggeratedly proper
  • my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
    

• affectedly dainty or refined

Verb

• dress primly

• contract one's lips
  • She primmed her lips after every bite of food
    

• assume a prim appearance
  • They mince and prim
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  dainty , mincing , niminy-piminy , twee , prim up , prim out