princely
/ˈpɹɪnsli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Similar or comparable to a prince.
Example Sentences
- "princely birth or character"
- "And when the princely Perſean Diadem, Shall ouerweigh his wearie witleſſe head, And fall like mellowed fruit, with ſhakes of death, In faire Perſea noble Tamburlain Shall be my Regent, and remaine as King:"
- "She so bewitched the whole princely race that six different princes, although each was married to a young wife, remained childless."
- "a princely sum"
- "No expense was spared in making it a princely residence."
- "I have mentioned before how impressed I was when I used a Glasgow suburban train late one Saturday night, when I reached Queen Street the barriers were closed and I had to cough up a princely couple of quid before being allowed through."
Etymology
From Middle English princely, pryncely, equivalent to prince + -ly (adjectival suffix). Compare Dutch prinselijk.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *keh₂p-, princely,pryncely
Inflected Forms
princelier (comparative)
princeliest (superlative)
more princely (comparative)
most princely (superlative)