play-actressn.

Brit.

/ˈpleɪˌaktrᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈpleɪˌæktrəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: play n., actress n.

Etymology: < play n. (compare play n. III.) + actress n., after play-actor n.

A female actor of plays; = actress n. 2. Also in extended use: a woman or girl engaged in pretence or deceit.

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player-girl1596

actress1608

stageress1633

play-actress1818

playeress1830

impersonatrix1834

playgirl1854

impersonatress1871

actress-manageress1888

playwoman1889

actorine1892

1818 S. E. Ferrier Marriage II. vii. 74 They [sc. Englishmen] are a very dissipated unprincipled set. They all drink, and game, and keep race-horses; and many of them, I'm told, even keep play-actresses.

1857 W. Collins Dead Secret I. i. i. 4 Did you ever hear that our mistress was a play-actress when our master married her?

1900 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 563/1 The first thing you know she will be running away and making a play actress of herself.

1949 S. Lewis God-Seeker 293 She was off, shaking her sable muff in farewell. ‘Heartless!’ said Luna Speezer. ‘Playactress!’ said Anna Wherryman.

2004 Baltimore Sun (Nexis) 7 May 1 e All this gives Beckinsale little opportunity to strut her stuff either as a serious actress or a play-actress.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	play-actress
释义	play-actressn. Brit. /ˈpleɪˌaktrᵻs/, U.S. /ˈpleɪˌæktrəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: play n., actress n. Etymology: < play n. (compare play n. III.) + actress n., after play-actor n. A female actor of plays; = actress n. 2. Also in extended use: a woman or girl engaged in pretence or deceit. 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 1818 S. E. Ferrier Marriage II. vii. 74 They [sc. Englishmen] are a very dissipated unprincipled set. They all drink, and game, and keep race-horses; and many of them, I'm told, even keep play-actresses. 1857 W. Collins Dead Secret I. i. i. 4 Did you ever hear that our mistress was a play-actress when our master married her? 1900 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 563/1 The first thing you know she will be running away and making a play actress of herself. 1949 S. Lewis God-Seeker 293 She was off, shaking her sable muff in farewell. ‘Heartless!’ said Luna Speezer. ‘Playactress!’ said Anna Wherryman. 2004 Baltimore Sun (Nexis) 7 May 1 e All this gives Beckinsale little opportunity to strut her stuff either as a serious actress or a play-actress. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1818
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