The word "prim" is employed across literary works to evoke a sense of meticulous propriety and restrained decorum, often imbuing characters or settings with a measured, sometimes ironic formality. Authors depict persons with "prim" qualities to suggest an almost exaggerated adherence to social decorum, as seen when a character is described as both "prim and proper" ([1],[2],[3]) or when a space is rendered "prim, fleckless" to convey a pristine order ([4]). At times, the term contrasts sharply with more impulsive or unguarded attitudes, heightening the comic or critical tone of a narrative ([5],[6]). In other contexts, it can allude to an antique or original state, thereby enriching the descriptive texture of the work.