Dictionary

princessian en · ADJ

Etymology

From princess + -ian.

Meanings

1. (rare) Of or characteristic of a princess.
   • Every habitue of the Princess’s knows that one of the distinguishing features of the season is the annual benefit of the lessee, at which time some novelty is always brought forth on a scale of Princessian magnificence, and from which period it will date its long career of success. 1857 June 14, “Mr. Charles Kean’s Benefit”, in The Era, volume XIX, number 977, page 11, column 2:
   • Egyptian princesses were buried with sacred bulls to promote princessian fertility. 1998, Jhan Hochman, Green Cultural Studies: Nature in Film, Novel, and Theory, University of Idaho Press, →ISBN, page 59:
   • After that they marched down to the office of Kincaid & Vestor, where they redeemed their note, June handing out the two silver dollars with a princessian air. 1890 December, Valentine March, “[Boys and Girls.] Venus—A Christmas Pig.”, in Arthur’s Home Magazine, volume LX, page 1054, column 1:
   • Dolly is a yellow-haired beauty with a famously feminine silhouette. Her dress tends to the princessian. 2023, Jennifer Michael Hecht, “On Sleep: Looking Over Your Shoulder”, in The Wonder Paradox: Embracing the Weirdness of Existence and the Poetry of Our Lives, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN:
   • The tombs where they lay, rested, and slept to problem solve amongst one another telepathically were secured to the deck by crisscrossing to center heavy stainless-steel chains’ that encapsulated and encased each of the aforementioned Gods, Goddesses, and Princessian High Priestesses. 2020, Ignaziano Lafluer Garnier, The Pretender One the Intender, Xlibris, →ISBN:
   • Poor [Oliver] Hoare and wife got 300-some harassment calls from the Princess [Diana], many of them traceable to her digs at Kensington Palace, some pay phones near the palace, her car phone and her sister’s non-palace. Hoare’s crime, he says, was trying to be a friend to both Di and Charlie Big Ears [Prince Charles] during their separation and offering Di the occasional smaller ear for her Princessian frustrations. 1994 September 6, Jeff Simon, “Is Di a ding-a-ling? Her reputation is on the line”, in The Buffalo News, page C-1, column 1:

Forms

Synonyms

princesslike · princessly · princessish · princessy