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primness

primness noun: the quality or state of being prim, precise, or proper.

Noun

primness (usually uncountable, plural primnesses)

  1. (usually) The quality or state of being prim, precise, or proper.

primness meaning in Kannada

primness in Kannada

ಬಿಗುಮಾನ, ಬಿಂಕ, ಶ್ರೀಮದ್ಗಾಂಭೀರ್ಯ, ಬಿಗುಮಾನದಿಂದಿರುವಿಕೆ

Forms of primness

pluralprimnesses

Origin of primness

From prim + -ness.

Questions about primness

What does primness mean?
Primness means the quality or state of being prim, precise, or proper.
What is primness in Kannada?
Primness in Kannada is ಬಿಗುಮಾನ, ಬಿಂಕ, ಶ್ರೀಮದ್ಗಾಂಭೀರ್ಯ. See Primness meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is primness?
Primness is a noun.
What is the plural of primness?
The plural of primness is primnesses.

Words near primness in the dictionary

  1. primmer
  2. primmers
  3. primmest
  4. primming
  5. Primms
  6. primness
  7. primnesses
  8. primnoid
  9. primnoids
  10. primo
  11. primo uomo

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Adapted from Wiktionary: primness (page history and authors); primness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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