princy

See also: Princy

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of principal +‎ -y (diminutive suffix).

Noun

princy (plural princies)

1. (India, colloquial) A principal (chief academic officer).
   • 2006, V.N. Sadasiva Rau, “Opinions”, in Speak Better English, Chennai, Tamil Nadu: Sura College of Competition, →ISBN, page 68:

     Have you taken the principal’s permission? […] We agree[,] let’s meet the princy first thing tomorrow.

   • 2018, Pournima Navani, “12^th September”, in Lost Without Her, New Delhi: Sristhi Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN:

     It’s Monday and the princy has called my dad to school to complain about the fight I got into last week.

   • 2021, Rahul Thakur, “Learning how to learn (Inside out Approach)”, in The Journey to a New You, New Delhi: BlueRose Publishers, →ISBN, page 168:

     I have nothing else to say, and I don’t know why the princy admitted me despite my poor marks.

Etymology 2

From prince +‎ -y (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

princy (comparative princier, superlative princiest)

1. (informal, rare) Synonym of princely.
   • 1913 September 21, K. K. Blackman, “Short Cuts for Cinderella”, in The Daily Picayune, volume LXXVII, number 240, New Orleans, La., →OCLC, part 4, page 7, column 4:

     Cinderella does not have to worry about matches these days either. Electricity? you say. Yes, but that was for the very “princiest” of Cinderellas, and you forget we are talking about the average.

   • 1997, Martha Kirkland, chapter 10, in Pratt’s Landing (Our Town; 18), New York, N.Y.: Jove Books, →ISBN, page 136:

     Her lips were as velvety smooth as the petals of a princy feather and unbelievably sweet.

   • 2017 March 3, Gaby Soutar, “Pizzeria 1926, Edinburgh, restaurant review”, in The Scotsman‎, Edinburgh, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 May 2021:

     Three waiters were working the floor, one of whom is the absolute double of the late cyclist Marco Pantani, while there’s also a young dude who was as smooth as peanut butter and as charming as the princiest prince in all of Disney.

   • 2020 December 21, u/MasterpieceBoring420, “What are your 2021 predictions”, in r/ATEEZ‎ (Reddit post), archived from the original on 9 November 2025:

     […] (I think in Answer they actually did a really good job at this, he looked very princy and delicate among the rest and that gave his part a lot of power).