单词 | improvisatrice |
释义 | improvisatricen. A female poet who composes or performs verse extemporaneously; a female improvisatore (improvisatore n.). Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > [noun] > improviser improvisatrice1770 improvisateur1783 improvisator1790 improviser1824 improvisor1830 vamper1884 faker1903 noodler1937 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > [noun] > improviser improvisatore1765 improvisatrice1770 improvisateur1783 improvisator1790 improviser1824 improvisor1830 impromptuist1882 1770 C. Burney Jrnl. 10 Sept. in H. E. Poole Music, Men, & Manners France & Italy (1969) 116 Saw a great deal of company—among whom was the famous improvisatrice signora Corilla. 1786 tr. C. E. Savary Lett. on Egypt I. xiv. 176 An account of the Almé, otherwise the Egyptian Improvisatrices; their education, dances, music. 1843 M. Fuller in Dial July 18 We will not speak of the enthusiasm excited by actresses, improvisatrici, female singers. 1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe 338 The improvisatrice, the bewitching, supple siren stepped forward into the midst of the vacant space. 1912 Forum Jan. 47 Margaret Fuller..proving herself the great improvisatrice of her day in conversation as an art. 1978 Mod. Lang. Rev. 73 888 Mme de Staël's heroine is an improvisatrice, a speaker of spontaneous poetry in an Italian tradition which had impressed eighteenth-century travellers. 1995 J. Banville Athena 22 At her enraptured best she had all the passion and rich inventiveness of an improvvisatrice. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1770 |
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