princessy en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English princess Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English princessy From princess + -y.
Meanings
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(informal) Of, pertaining to, or suitable for a princess.
‘You know, Cinderella would always turn up in a big white dress for the last scene. That was nice.’ / Cerise’s eyes lit up. ‘Yes! I was obsessed with those too! The bigger and princessier the better.[…]’
2021, Kate Johnson, chapter 9, in Death on the Aisle (A Molly Higgins Cosy Mystery; 3), London: Orion Fiction, →ISBN:Such extravagance has seen the rise of “Bridezilla” – the woman who wants everything just so and whom it is death to cross. And, in a nice neat circle of pink commercial fairy dust, the glamour model, Jordan – she of the pinkest, princessiest wedding of all time – has launched her own series of children’s books under her real name, Katie Price.
2007 October 12, Mary Hoffman, “The princess problem”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Sep 2013, page 16, column 2:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| princessier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| princessiest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |