Prima-donna
noun, plural prima donnas Italian, prime donne
[pree-me dawn-ne] /ˈpri mɛ ˈdɔn nɛ/ (Show IPA)
1.
a first or principal female singer of an opera company.
2.
a temperamental person; a person who takes adulation and privileged treatment as a right and reacts with petulance to criticism or inconvenience.
noun (pl) prima donnas
1.
a female operatic star; diva
2.
(informal) a temperamental person
prima donna [(pree-muh, prim-uh don-uh)]
A vain and overly sensitive person who is temperamental and difficult to work with: “That Jenkins girl is a good gymnast, but she certainly is a prima donna.” In opera, the prima donna is the principal female soloist. From Italian, meaning “first lady.”
prima donna
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