dancing-girln.

Etymology: dancing adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdancing-girl.

1. A girl who dances in public; a female professional dancer; esp. in India, a nautch-girl (in Portuguese bailadeira, bayadère n. 1).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > dancer generally > [noun] > female > professional

danceressa1425

dancerc1440

dancing-damsel1606

dancing-wench1698

dancing-girl1762

almeh1786

dancing-woman1810

ronggeng1817

ghazeeyeh1819

hurdy-gurdy girl1865

pony1908

terp1937

1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World I. 195 Pleased with the postures as well as the condescension of our dancing girls.

1784 Ann. Reg. 1782 Characters 43/2 A company of strolling dancing girls from Surat, appeared on a platform.

1843 H. W. Longfellow Spanish Student i. i. 12 A mere dancing-girl, who shows herself, Nightly, half-naked, on the stage, for money.

1848 H. Martineau Eastern Life (1850) 283 There was a booth with dancing-girls, a horrid sight.

2. dancing-girls n. a plant, Mantisia saltatoria, cultivated in green-houses for the beauty and singularity of its purple and yellow flowers.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > foliage, house, or garden plants > [noun] > dancing-girls

dancing-girls1866

opera-girl1866

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 719/1 Its flowers..present some resemblance to a ballet-dancer; hence the popular name, Dancing Girls, applied to the plant.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dancing-girl
释义	dancing-girln. Etymology: dancing adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdancing-girl. 1. A girl who dances in public; a female professional dancer; esp. in India, a nautch-girl (in Portuguese bailadeira, bayadère n. 1). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > dancer generally > [noun] > female > professional danceressa1425 dancerc1440 dancing-damsel1606 dancing-wench1698 dancing-girl1762 almeh1786 dancing-woman1810 ronggeng1817 ghazeeyeh1819 hurdy-gurdy girl1865 pony1908 terp1937 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World I. 195 Pleased with the postures as well as the condescension of our dancing girls. 1784 Ann. Reg. 1782 Characters 43/2 A company of strolling dancing girls from Surat, appeared on a platform. 1843 H. W. Longfellow Spanish Student i. i. 12 A mere dancing-girl, who shows herself, Nightly, half-naked, on the stage, for money. 1848 H. Martineau Eastern Life (1850) 283 There was a booth with dancing-girls, a horrid sight. 2. dancing-girls n. a plant, Mantisia saltatoria, cultivated in green-houses for the beauty and singularity of its purple and yellow flowers. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > foliage, house, or garden plants > [noun] > dancing-girls dancing-girls1866 opera-girl1866 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 719/1 Its flowers..present some resemblance to a ballet-dancer; hence the popular name, Dancing Girls, applied to the plant. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1762
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