Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Imitating a prince; ridiculously dignified.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective R. & Colloq. Imitative of a prince.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective colloquial
imitative of aprince ;haughty
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Examples
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Kensington Academy, where Rachel Esmond had her education, teased and tortured the little American stranger, and laughed at the princified airs which she gave herself from a very early age, Fanny
The Virginians 2006
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When the English girls at the Kensington Academy, where Rachel Esmond had her education, teased and tortured the little American stranger, and laughed at the princified airs which she gave herself from a very early age,
The Virginians William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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I believe he was footman in the family, before Napoleon princified him.”
Burlesques 2006
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I believe he was footman in the family, before Napoleon princified him.”
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I believe he was footman in the family, before Napoleon princified him. "
Burlesques William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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