A vain and overly sensitive person who is temperamental and difficult to work with. They are general ass clowns who believe they are the center of the Universe and the Sun revolves around them. When confronted by the fact that they are worthless nobodies, they generally go into The Betty Ford Clinic or into a cosmetic coma. See: David Lee Roth, Glenn Danzig, and Cher.

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.

 

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