princy

plural princies

1. IndiacolloquialA principal (chief academic officer).

   I have nothing else to say, and I don’t know why the princy admitted me despite my poor marks.

   2021, Rahul Thakur, “Learning how to learn (Inside out Approach)”, in The Journey to a New You, New Delhi: BlueRose Publishers, →ISBN, page 168

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   Have you taken the principal’s permission? […] We agree[,] let’s meet the princy first thing tomorrow.

   2006, V.N. Sadasiva Rau, “Opinions”, in Speak Better English, Chennai, Tamil Nadu: Sura College of Competition, →ISBN, page 68

   It’s Monday and the princy has called my dad to school to complain about the fight I got into last week.

   2018, Pournima Navani, “12ᵗʰ September”, in Lost Without Her, New Delhi: Sristhi Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN

comparative princier · superlative princiest

1. informalrareSynonym of princely.

   Her lips were as velvety smooth as the petals of a princy feather and unbelievably sweet.

   1997, Martha Kirkland, chapter 10, in Pratt’s Landing (Our Town; 18), New York, N.Y.: Jove Books, →ISBN, page 136

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   Cinderella does not have to worry about matches these days either. Electricity? you say. Yes, but that was for the very “princiest” of Cinderellas, and you forget we are talking about the average.

   1913 September 21, K. K. Blackman, “Short Cuts for Cinderella”, in The Daily Picayune, volume LXXVII, number 240, New Orleans, La., →OCLC, part 4, page 7, column 4

   Three waiters were working the floor, one of whom is the absolute double of the late cyclist Marco Pantani, while there’s also a young dude who was as smooth as peanut butter and as charming as the princiest prince in all of Disney.

   2017 March 3, Gaby Soutar, “Pizzeria 1926, Edinburgh, restaurant review”, in The Scotsman, Edinburgh, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 May 2021

   […] (I think in Answer they actually did a really good job at this, he looked very princy and delicate among the rest and that gave his part a lot of power).

   2020 December 21, u/MasterpieceBoring420, “What are your 2021 predictions”, in r/ATEEZ (Reddit post), archived from the original on 09 Nov 2025

   Synonyms: princely

1. informaluncommonA nickname for a prince.

   This is too “low-grass” for a Princy like me!

   2010, Ching Hai, The Dogs in My Life, Taipei: The Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association Publishing Co., →ISBN, page 164

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   As she ran past the throne she espied the King’s crown still hanging to one of the gold knobs. Snatching it down, she raced after the others, and coming under the little Prince, she called out, “Here, Princy, boy! Catch this!”—at the same time throwing up the crown to him.

   1911, Sidford F[rederick] Hamp, “Lobsterneck”, in Coco Bolo: King of the Floating Islands, Boston, Mass.: Richard G. Badger, →OCLC, page 95

   Princy is lecturing on the virtues of the watered-down or 'moderate' version.

   2005 November 13, Bill Sheppard, “The power of 3”, in alt.astronomy (Usenet), archived from the original on 08 Nov 2025

comparative Princier · superlative Princiest

1. informalrareResembling or characteristic of the American musician Prince (Prince Rogers Nelson; 1958–2016).

   I have to totally (but respectfully) disagree. This is the Princiest Prince record in years... All different styles that somehow sound like they still belong to the same album.

   2004 May 5, Manci, “I love this current "comeback" because”, in alt.music.prince (Usenet), archived from the original on 08 Nov 2025

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   In a 2010 interview with the Daily Mirror, Prince articulated a dislike of the internet as a whole, explaining why he didn't make his music available online in the Princiest possible fashion.

   2014 January 27, Alex Goldman, “Prince's Troubled Relationship With the Internet”, in On the Media, New York, N.Y.: WNYC Studios, archived from the original on 28 Nov 2020

   Raphael Saadiq - This world is drunk. Oh man... I thought it WAS Prince from the period where I zoned out only to fall in love with his music again later on. That song and lyrics are so so beautiful and obviously VERY Princy ❤️

   2025 January 27, u/Over-Cut1311, “What are some songs that Prince didn't write...but sounds like he would have? […]”, in r/PRINCE (Reddit post), archived from the original on 08 Nov 2025

   Synonyms: Princesque