A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Primp, adj. [? f. primm(e)d, *primpt, *primt, p.p. of Eng. prim v. intr. (1684) to assume a formal, precise or demure look or air, tr. (1706) to form (the face or mouth) into an expression of affected preciseness or demureness, of obscure (? cant) origin, with assimilation of the final consonants.] ? Closed primly, pursed up, like the lips of a prim person. —c1590 J. Stewart 51/103.
The percebill primp port he did persawe
