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