Princely, 1) pertaining to, or coming from, a prince: “woundest his p. name,” Lucr. 599. “thy p. office,” Lucr. 599 “hid my p. trunk,” Tp. I, 2, 86. “his p. feet before,” LLL IV, 1, 92. “your p. knee,” R2 III, 3, 190. “p. favour,” V, 6, 42. H4A III, 2, 17. H4A III, 2, 17 H4B IV, 2, 66. H5 I, 2, 171. H6A V, 3, 143. H6A V, 3, 143 H6B V, 1, 98. R3 II, 2, 51. H8 IV, 2, 118. Cymb. III, 3, 93.
2) of the rank of princes (and hence == high, august, royal): “her p. guest,” Lucr. 90. “these p. suitors,” Merch. I, 2, 38. “thy p. son,” John II, 484. IV, 3, 35. R2 I, 1, 34. H4B II, 2, 58. IV, 1, 141. H5 V, 2, 4. H6A II, 2, 34. III, 1, 173. III, 3, 38. IV, 1, 18. IV, 3, 17. V, 3, 152. H6B I, 1, 72. IV, 1, 91. H6C I, 1, 166. II, 1, 1. II, 6, 51. V, 7, 27. R3 I, 3, 280. I, 4, 228. I, 4, 228 II, 1, 29. II, 1, 29 II, 1, 29 II, 1, 29 III, 1, 34. III, 2, 70. III, 3, 20. III, 5, 88. IV, 4, 405. IV, 5, 6. Troil. IV, 5, 174. Tit. I, 429. Cymb. III, 4, 93. IV, 2, 171. IV, 2, 171 V, 5, 360. V, 5, 360 Per. I, 3, 33.
3) becoming a prince: “a p. testimony!” Ado IV, 1, 317. “his p. exercises,” Wint. IV, 2, 37. “p. liberty,” H6A V, 3, 140. “p. care,” H8 V, 1, 49. V, 5, 26. Tit. I, 266. Tit. I, 266 Per. I, 2, 100. III, 3, 16.
4) high-minded, noble: “his p. heart,” John I, 267. “that young and p. gentleman,” R2 II, 1, 175. “trimmed up your praises with a p. tongue,” H4A V, 2, 57. “as full of valour as of kindness, p. in both,” H5 IV, 3, 16. “he was most p.” H8 IV, 2, 57. H6C II, 1, 91. V, 2, 12. Troil. IV, 5, 279, Ant. V, 2, 22.
5) magnificent, majestic: “her p. gait,” Shr. II, 261. “too precious p. for a grave,” John IV, 3, 40. “beauty's p. majesty is such,” H6A V, 3, 70. “most p. gifts,” Cor. I, 9, 80.
Adverbially: “my appetite was not p. got,” H4B II, 2, 12.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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