princified

English

Etymology

From prince +‎ -ify +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

princified (comparative more princified, superlative most princified)

1. (archaic) imitative of a prince; princely
2. (archaic) haughty
   • 1857–1859, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century, volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1858–1859, →OCLC:

     the English girls at the Kensington Academy […] teased and tortured the little American stranger, and laughed at the princified airs which she gave herself from a very early age

References

• “princified”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.