princessipality
English edit
Etymology edit
Blend of princess + principality.
Noun edit
princessipality (plural princessipalities)
- (rare, humorous) A political entity ruled by a princess.
- 1976, Bryan Holme, The Journal of the Century, Viking Press, page 328:
- Bill Cosby will eye spy Philadelphia, his hometown, on a new TV tour, and Grace Kelly, who also grew up in Philadelphia, is ready with a razzle tour of her Princessipality.
- 2000, Kathleen Alcalá, Treasures in Heaven, Chronicle Books, page 168:
- We are all the subjects of time, my princesa, even you, whose principality, or should I say, whose princessipality, resides, by necessity, within it.
- 2011, Max Hobby, Oshgomshee and the Princess Syleen, Trafford Publishing, page 353:
- Princess Syleen commandeered one of the King's Generals from his admin office and set him up as her regent over Star Point Five. She kidded with several close friends about changing it to a 'Princessipality' verses a Principality but decided to leave well enough alone.
- 2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge, Penguin Press, page 25:
- Whatever the story of the moment happened to be, Princess Heidrophobia is always the lead babe while Lady Maxipad is the fastmouthed soubrette, the heavy lifter, the practical elf who comes while the Princess is sleeping or, more typically, distracted, and gets the real work of the princessipality done.