Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prim and proper

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English

Syllables
prim and prop-er
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

prudish, straight-laced

Inflected Forms

more prim and proper (comparative) most prim and proper (superlative)

Questions

What does prim and proper mean?
prudish, straight-laced

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