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princessness

princessness noun: the quality of being a princess.

Noun

princessness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being a princess.
    • “[…] When I deal with them, on cases or in the courtroom, I can see that they may be Jewish Princesses. But they use that quality professionally and make it work.” How does one use princessness on the job? Easy, the lawyer said. “They’re used to having their own way and they never entertain the...1975, Leslie Tonner, Nothing But the Best: The Luck of the Jewish Princess, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, →ISBN, page 144
    • Now among Jews the quintessential feature of Jewish princessness is material self-indulgence.1986, Association for the Study of Jewish Languages, Jewish Language Review, volume 6, page 278

Examples of princessness in a sentence

  • But they use that quality professionally and make it work.” How does one use princessness on the job?1975, Leslie Tonner, Nothing But the Best: The Luck of the Jewish Princess, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, →ISBN, page 144:
  • She’d either been robbed of her princessness, or she’d never really been one.2001, Nicole Johnson, Keeping a Princess Heart: In a Not-So-Fairy-Tale World, Thomas Nelson (publisher), →ISBN, page 5; republished United...
  • Years later when I was the mother of a very artistic son, we would see Alice at the local grocery store, resplendent in white fur from head to toe—a vision of Russian princessness!2005, University of Calgary. Faculty of Education, My Most Memorable Teacher: 100 Alberta Stories for 100 Years, Red Deer Press, →ISBN...
  • My princessness was a subjective aspect of my persona; as Jesus was king of His heavenly kingdom, his subjective persona.2008 March, Antonia Urduja Roberts, Schizo-Whispers: My Autobiography, Athena Press, →ISBN, page 181:

Origin of princessness

From princess + -ness.

Questions about princessness

What does princessness mean?
Princessness means the quality of being a princess.
How do you use princessness in a sentence?
But they use that quality professionally and make it work.” How does one use princessness on the job?
What part of speech is princessness?
Princessness is a noun.

Words near princessness in the dictionary

  1. princesslike
  2. princessliness
  3. princessling
  4. princesslings
  5. princessly
  6. princessness
  7. princessship
  8. princessy
  9. Princeton
  10. Princeton Junction
  11. Princeton orange

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