The Clue
Shrub used for hedges (4 letter answer)
The Answer
PRIM
Tags
Notes
The answer PRIM is seen frequently, appearing about once every 190 puzzles.
Related Clues
Decorous
Formal
Fussy
Inhibited
Prissy
Proper
Prudish
Schoolmarmish
Stiff
Stuffy
First part
Old-maidish
Precise or prudish
Proper partner
Proper partner?
Proper's companion
Proper's partner
Stiffly neat
Stiffly proper
Strait-laced
Not at all loose
Perhaps a little too neat
Not fond of dirty jokes, surely
Definition
PRIM as a verb:
1. assume a prim appearance; "They mince and prim"
2. contract one's lips; "She primmed her lips after every bite of food"
3. (prim, prim up, prim out) = dress primly
PRIM as an adjective:
1. (dainty, mincing, niminy-piminy, prim, twee) = affectedly dainty or refined
2. (priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian) = exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"