单词 | pierrette |
释义 | pierretten. A woman dressed as a Pierrot; the female counterpart of a Pierrot. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > pantomime > [noun] > role or character hobby-horse1557 harlequin1590 play-mare1598 Columbinea1723 clown1727 hobby1778 pantaloon1781 harlequiness1785 Pierrot?1789 pierrette1847 harlequina1867 dobby1879 principal boy1892 principal girl1893 dame1902 1726 Daily Post 5 May (advt.) 1/1 After the 5th [Act], La Peirette by Mr. Roger the Peirrot [sic] and Mrs. Brett.] 1847 Amer. Whig Rev. Apr. 427/1 The Duke of Nemours himself has lately given..a brilliant ball of pierrots and pierrettes. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 Mar. 6/1 His pierrettes, his ballet-girls, and his eighteenth-century Sir Roger-de-Coverley dancers. 1909 Daily Chron. 17 Nov. 9/4 Pierrette has turned up quite recently, and originated—with all deference to Mr. Grogan—only in a costumier's phrase for a fancy-dress lady in ‘Pierrot’ make-up. 1992 A. Maupin Maybe the Moon vii. 82 I rose and shook the wrinkles out of my Pierette outfit, feeling somehow that an idyll had passed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1847 |
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