unprincessy

Adjective

unprincessy (comparative more unprincessy, superlative most unprincessy)

1. Not princessy.
   • The wet pavements gleaming under the street lights offered little inducement, for her shoes were thin—richly buckled and very princessy—but her purse did not even contain a taxi fare—an empty purse and very unprincessy.1922, Paula Hudd, ““There Was Once . . .””, in The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women, volume LVI, London; Melbourne, Vic.: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, page 74, column 1
   • But Clarke Silvernail is hard to bear as the marquis, Kay Strozzi is the most unprincessy princess that ever walked upon a stage, Carlin Crandall makes a bad and unnecessary part worse by overemphasizing it too much, and the rest are more or less resigned victims of their circumstances.1925 October 17, Don Carle Gillette, “Jane—Our Stranger”, in The Billboard: The Theatrical Digest and Show World Review, volume XXXVII, number 42, Cincinnati, Oh.: The Billboard Publishing Company...

   Synonyms:

   unprincesslike, unprincessly