princy
princy noun: a principal (chief academic officer).
Noun
princy (plural princies)
- A principal (chief academic officer).
- 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
Adjective (1)
princy (comparative princier, superlative princiest)
- Synonym of princely.
- 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
- 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
- Synonyms:
- princely
Proper noun capitalized: Princy
Princy
- A nickname for a prince.
- 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
Adjective (2) capitalized: Princy
Princy (comparative Princier, superlative Princiest)
- Resembling 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
- 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
- Synonyms:
- Princesque
Examples of princy in a sentence
- 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...
- […] (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...
Synonyms of princy
Forms of princy
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | princies |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | princier |
| superlative | princiest |
| comparative | Princier |
| superlative | Princiest |
Origin of princy
Clipping of principal + -y (diminutive suffix).
From prince + -y (adjectival suffix).
From Prince (“title”) + -y (diminutive suffix).
Questions about princy
- What does princy mean?
- Princy means a principal (chief academic officer).
- How do you use princy in a sentence?
- I have nothing else to say, and I don’t know why the princy admitted me despite my poor marks.
- What part of speech is princy?
- Princy can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of princy?
- The plural of princy is princies.
Words near princy in the dictionary
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