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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PRIMP, v.i. To be formal or affected. [Not English, or local.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when going to the opera" [syn: preen, primp, plume, dress]

Merriam Webster's

verb Etymology: perhaps alteration of ¹prim Date: 1801 transitive verb to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner intransitive verb to dress or groom oneself carefully <primps for hours before a date>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 make (the hair, one's clothes, etc.) tidy. 2 refl. make (oneself) smart. Etymology: dial. var. of PRIM

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Primp Primp, v. i. & t. [Cf. Prim, a.] To be formal or affected in dress or manners; -- often with up. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Halliwell.

Moby Thesaurus

adorn, array, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, color, dandify, deck, deck out, decorate, dizen, doll up, dress, dress up, embellish, emblazon, embroider, enrich, fancy up, fig out, fix up, furbish, garnish, get up, grace, groom, gussy up, ornament, overdress, paint, plume, prank, prank up, preen, prettify, pretty up, primp up, prink, prink up, rag out, redecorate, redo, refurbish, set off, set out, slick, slick up, smarten, smarten up, spiff, spruce up, titivate, trick out, trick up, trim