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单词 promptress
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promptressn.

Brit. /ˈprɒm(p)trᵻs/, /prɒmpˈtrɛs/, U.S. /ˈprɑm(p)trəs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prompter n., -ess suffix1.
Etymology: < prompter n. + -ess suffix1: see -tress suffix.
A female prompter.
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the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > one who incites or instigates > female
mistressa1387
authrix?a1475
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stimulatrix1611
motrix1642
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promptress1793
stimulatress1846
1793 S. T. Coleridge To Fortune 1 Promptress of unnumber'd sighs,..O look, and smile!
a1809 A. Seward Poet. Wks. (1810) II. 125 Fancy, promptress of the waking dream.
1835 Southern Literary Messenger 1 365/1 Behold her..sole promptress of the drama in which she proposes to act a conspicuous part.
1856 ‘W. March’ Shoepac Recoll. xxxiii. 318 In the will..a legacy of three hundred a year is left to..Mistress Fidgets, that cunning promptress of evil.
1929 H. A. Phillips Meet Germans xx. 250 An old crone comes on... She is the Promptress and prompts very loud throughout the dialog.
1942 PMLA 57 224 She was the political promptress who always ‘made him’ do his duty.
1995 Financial Times (Nexis) 19 July 13 Gertrud, the promptress, amanuensis and general dogsbody.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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