primness (primnes)

The state or condition of being prim or formal; affected nicene or precisene . n. The stiff unalterable primne of his long cravat. Gentleman's Mag ., 1745. Primnoa (prim'no-a), [NL. (Lamarck, 1812).] The typical genus of Primnoidæ . primnoid(prim'no-id), n . A polyp of the family Primnoidæ . Primnoidæ (prim-nō'INL i-dē), n . pl . [NL., Primnoa + -idæ .] "A family of gorgon i a ceo us alcyonarian polyps, typified by the the ge nus Primnoa. primo (prē (prēmō). [It., Primnoa reseda. (One sixteenth natural size.) Tempo primo, at the first or original tempo or pace: used after a pa age in some other tempo than the first. primo gen i alt (pri-mō-jēʼni-al), a . An erroneous form of primigenial . The primogenial light which at first was diffused over the face of the unfashion'd chaos. Glanville, Vanity of Dogmatizing, 1. Noon stands eternal here; here may thy sight Drink in the rays of primogenial light. Watts , Paradise.