The Collaborative International Dictionary
Prima donna \Pri"ma don"na\; pl. E. Prima donnas, It. Prime Donne . [It., fr. primo, prima, the first + donna lady, mistress. See {Prime, a., and Donna.] The first or chief female singer in an opera.
Wiktionary
n. (prima donna English)
Usage examples of "prima donnas".
Each wore a reddish-pink halo of algal bloom in which fan-tailed sievers of bloated mien held court, arcing and diving like pale prima donnas in a perpetual alien pax de deux.
Instead of working with him, supporting him, helping him, they all acted like spoiled prima donnas.
Because I've no doubt that like the rest of my staff you've a memory like a sieve, all you prima donnas are the same.
The prima donnas Halsey had taken north, the fleet carriers and fast battleships, were manned by the professional Navy.
He trains aspiring prima donnas in their roles with a chorus and settings, and Miss St.
Spoiled, pampered prima donnas whothink our purpose in life is to serve them.