Noun: primness prim-nus
- Exaggerated and arrogant properness
"His primness made him unpopular among his more relaxed colleagues";
- priggishness
- Excessive or affected modesty
"Her primness led her to object to even mildly suggestive jokes";
- prudishness, prudery, Grundyism [archaic]
Type of: correctitude, modestness, modesty, properness, propriety