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单词 principessa
释义

principessan.

Brit. /ˌprɪntʃᵻˈpɛsə/, /ˌprɪnsᵻˈpɛsə/, U.S. /ˌprɪntʃᵻˈpɛsə/, /ˌprɪn(t)sᵻˈpɛsə/
Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian principessa.
Etymology: < Italian principessa princess (a1294) < post-classical Latin principissa (see princess n.).
An Italian princess. Also as a title or form of address.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > royalty > [noun] > royal person(s) > princess or wife of prince > daughter or grand-daughter of sovereign > of Italy
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1707 P. A. Motteux Thomyris, Queen of Scythia ii. ii. 28 Ah! Princess! Ah! Principessa!
1768 I. Bickerstaff Lionel & Clarissa ii. viii. 40 Nor, have not they been chattering to you of my affair at Pisa, with the Principessa del—.
1823 Countess of Blessington Jrnl. 27 July in E. Clay Lady Blessington at Naples (1979) 38 The Principessa Partanno is..no longer in her première jeunesse.
1861 C. M. Yonge Young Step-mother xxiii. 333 He should go and marry the Principessa Bianca, a foreigner and Papist.
1945 E. Waugh Brideshead Revisited i. ii. 50 The Principessa Fogliere gave a ball and Lord Malton was not asked.
1963 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Jan. 21/3 The increasingly angular principessa who adores him.
1973 ‘D. Jordan’ Nile Green xxxiii. 159 The princess..smiled, a weary principessa smile.
1991 J. Phillips You'll never eat Lunch in this Town Again 214 I have met Earl and his wife, a pear-shaped principessa.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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