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princified en · ADJ

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Etymology

From prince + -ify + -ed.

Meanings

1. (archaic) imitative of a prince; princely
2. (archaic) haughty
   • the English girls at the Kensington Academy […]teased and tortured the little American stranger, and laughed at the princified airs which she gave herself from a very early age 1857–1859, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1858–1859, →OCLC:

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