单词 | impersonatrix |
释义 | impersonatrixn. A woman impersonating someone; esp. one acting a role in a play, etc. Cf. impersonatress n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun] > actress player-girl1596 actress1608 stageress1633 play-actress1818 playeress1830 impersonatrix1834 playgirl1854 impersonatress1871 actress-manageress1888 playwoman1889 actorine1892 1834 Morning Chron. 27 Dec. Ulysses..evinced but little of his reputed ‘sageness’ in leaving the enamoured Calypso, if Calypso were as fair as her lovely impersonatrix of..Wych-street Theatre. 1884 Dart & Mdiland Figaro 6 June 6/1 The present impersonatrix of the part, Miss Emma Chambers, satisfies each requirement. 1911 F. M. Hueffer Memories & Impressions v. 94 He wrote an enthusiastic notice of the opera and an enthusiastic and deserved notice of the impersonatrix of Carmen. 1920 Fortn. Rev. June 963 This unsubstantiated reptilian creature, whose knavery, needless for the play, was exaggerated by the Mephistophelian acting of her impersonatrix. 2015 Spectator (Nexis) 14 Nov. An Elvis impersonatrix wearing a lazy smirk and a black wig that sags forlornly over her ears. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1834 |
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