ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Primmer

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈpɹɪm.ə/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Primmer is an adjective meaning comparative form of prim: more prim.

Meaning

comparative form of prim: more prim.

More Meanings

  1. Obsolete form of primer (“children's teaching book”).

Example Sentences

The old seem as books, the young as the primmers, / The "good as the righteous," the "bad as the sinners;" […]
[…] he sat daily in the common school of the village, mending pens, criticizing blotted copy-books, fingering greasy slates, and thumbing dog-eared primmers.

Word Forms

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Related dictionary entries include brimmer, rimmer, grimmer, krimmer, pruner, brim.

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