- prima donna
[prima donna 词源字典]
- prima donna: see dame
[prima donna etymology, prima donna origin, 英语词源] - prima donna (n.)
- 1782, "principal female singer in an opera," from Italian prima donna "first lady," from Latin prima, fem. of primus "first" (see prime (adj.)) + domina "lady" (see dame). Meaning "temperamental person" first recorded 1834.