<p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>Formally precise or proper, as persons or behavior; stiffly neat.</li><li>Excessively demure or modest.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object):</strong></p><ul><li>To draw up the mouth in an affectedly nice or precise way.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>To make prim, as in appearance.</li><li>To draw (one's face, lips, etc.) into a prim expression.</li></ul>