impostressn.

Brit.

/ɪmˈpɒstrᵻs/, U.S.

/ᵻmˈpɑstrəs/

Etymology: < imposter, impostor n. + -ess suffix¹; perhaps after Old French imposteresse (Godefroy), but compare actor, -tress, hunter, -tress.

A female impostor. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > a charlatan, fraudster > [noun] > female

impostress1614

prinado1620

impostrix1655

1614 F. Bacon Let. to James I 11 Feb. The impostress Elizabeth Barton.

1665 G. Wither Medit. upon Lords Prayer 132 Reason is cryed down as an Impostress.

1772 Ann. Reg. 1771 Poetry 212 No wonder if th' impostress had deceiv'd.

1839 J. Pye Smith Script. & Geol. 179 It was an impostress under the name of philosophy.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	impostress
释义	impostressn. Brit. /ɪmˈpɒstrᵻs/, U.S. /ᵻmˈpɑstrəs/ Etymology: < imposter, impostor n. + -ess suffix¹; perhaps after Old French imposteresse (Godefroy), but compare actor, -tress, hunter, -tress. A female impostor. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > a charlatan, fraudster > [noun] > female impostress1614 prinado1620 impostrix1655 1614 F. Bacon Let. to James I 11 Feb. The impostress Elizabeth Barton. 1665 G. Wither Medit. upon Lords Prayer 132 Reason is cryed down as an Impostress. 1772 Ann. Reg. 1771 Poetry 212 No wonder if th' impostress had deceiv'd. 1839 J. Pye Smith Script. & Geol. 179 It was an impostress under the name of philosophy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1614
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