different between prim vs frosty

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??m/, [p?????m]
• Rhymes: -?m

Etymology 1

Old French prim, prin, from Latin primus (“first”).

Adjective

prim (comparative primmer, superlative primmest)

1. prudish, straight-laced
2. formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice

   • Philemon was in great surprise,?
     And hardly could believe his eyes,
     Amaz'd to see her look so prim;
     And she admir'd as much at him.

Usage notes

Often used in the collocation “prim and proper”.

Derived terms

• prim and proper
• prissy

Translations

Verb

prim (third-person singular simple present prims, present participle primming, simple past and past participle primmed)

1. (dated) To make affectedly precise or proper.
2. (dated) To dress or act smartly.

Etymology 2

See privet.

Noun

prim

1. (plants) privet

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin pr?mus, from earlier pr?smos from *pr?semos from Proto-Italic *priisemos.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?p?im/
• Rhymes: -im

Adjective

prim (feminine prima, masculine plural prims, feminine plural primes)

1. thin, skinny

Derived terms

• aprimar
• primesa
• primor

Related terms

• primer

Further reading

• “prim” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “prim” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “prim” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

References

Ladin

Alternative forms

• prum

Etymology

From Latin pr?mus.

Adjective

prim m (feminine singular prima, masculine plural primi, feminine plural primes)

1. first

Old English

Etymology

From Latin pr?ma (“first; first hour”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pri?m/

Noun

pr?m ?

1. (historical) Prime, the first hour or tide (3-hour period) after dawn
2. (Christianity) Prime, the divine office appointed for the hour in the liturgy

Synonyms

• (hour; tide): ?nt?d
• (service): pr?msang

Derived terms

• pr?msang

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) , “pr?m”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin pr?mus, from earlier pr?smos < *pr?semos < Proto-Italic *priisemos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prim/

Adjective

prim m or n (feminine singular prim?, masculine plural primi, feminine and neuter plural prime)

1. prime, first

Declension

Synonyms

• întâi

Antonyms

• ultim

Related terms

• primar
• prim?var?
• împrim?

Volapük

Noun

prim (nominative plural prims)

1. beginning

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle English frosty, forsty, from Old English forsti?, fyrsti? (“frosty”), from Proto-West Germanic *frostag, *frust?g, equivalent to frost +? -y. Cognate with West Frisian froastich (“frosty”), Dutch vorstig (“frosty”), German Low German fröstig (“frosty”), German frostig (“frosty”), Swedish frostig (“frosty”). Compare also Saterland Frisian froasterch (“frosty”), German Low German frösterg (“frosty”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?sti

Adjective

frosty (comparative frostier, superlative frostiest)

1. Cold, chilly.

   The air was frosty; I could see my breath and walked quickly with my hands in my pockets.

   I'd like a frosty milkshake.

2. Having frost on it.

   The frosty pumpkin is the sign of the end of the growing season, soon the greenery will wither and harvest end for the year.

3. (figuratively) Having an aloof or inhospitable manner.

   After the divorce, she was civil but frosty to her ex.

Translations

Derived terms

• frosty one
• stay frosty

Middle English

Alternative forms

• frosti, forsty

Etymology

From Old English forsti?, from Proto-West Germanic *frostag, equivalent to frost +? -y. Compare Old English fyrsti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fr?sti?/, /?f?rsti?/

Adjective

frosty

1. Cold, freezing, frosty; being or experiencing cold.
2. (rare) White (of a beard)

Descendants

• English: frosty
• Scots: frosty

References

• “frost?, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-02.