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Prima

noun

Used primarily as eating apples.

adjective

Indicating the most important performer or role. Synonyms: leading, star, starring, stellar. "Prima ballerina" , "Prima donna" , "A star figure skater" , "The starring role" , "A stellar role" , "A stellar performance"

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... timid, listening, and observing supernumerary,—a part played, they say, for some time, by Giulia Grisi in the chorus at La Scala. The young countess now felt herself capable of attempting the part of prima-donna, and she did so on several occasions. To the great satisfaction of her husband, she began to mingle in conversations. Intelligent ideas and delicate observations put into her mind by her intercourse ...

— A Daughter of Eve • Honore de Balzac

... however, the handsome Count Orloff was mistaken. The poetess Corilla therein resembled to a hair the prima-donnas and heroines of the stage of the present day. She attached a great value to diamonds, and knowing that Russia was very rich in gold and diamonds, she always had an especially bewitching smile for Russian grandees. Had Count ...

— The Daughter of an Empress • Louise Muhlbach

... Sutton," Davidge remarked, presently. "He's our prima donna. He's the champion riveter of this part of the country. Like to ...

— The Cup of Fury - A Novel of Cities and Shipyards • Rupert Hughes

... ora per la prima volta pubblicate da G. Pitre. Il Medico grillo. Vocaboli. La Gamba. Serpentino. Palermo, ...

— Italian Popular Tales • Thomas Frederick Crane

... simplicity of speech. When McAdoo asked him at the White House if the present drive was satisfactory, he said in the most innocent way, "I am not there." Viviani, who is the head of the French Commission, is as jealous as a prima donna, terribly jealous of Joffre, (which makes Joffre feel most uncomfortable) because, of course, Joffre is the hero ...

— The Letters of Franklin K. Lane • Franklin K. Lane

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