单词 | tragedienne |
释义 | tragediennen. An actress who performs in a tragedy or tragedies, esp. one who specializes in tragic roles. Cf. tragedian n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun] > actress > types of tragedy queen1715 soubrette1753 jeune première1817 comedienne1834 old woman1838 tragedienne1841 ingénue1848 sob sister1912 voice actress1974 1841 Satirist 28 Nov. 382/1 Mademoiselle Rachel has had a rival queen in tragedy to contend with in Mademoiselle Maxime, who..has been acquiring a reputation which promised to place her on an equality with the famed tragedienne. 1851 H. W. Longfellow Jrnl. 3 Dec. in S. Longfellow Life H. W. Longfellow (1891) II. vii. 221 We..called on Jenny Lind, and on Mrs. Warner, the tragédienne. 1866 Standara 7 Mar. 2/6 On Thursday night Miss Siddons, a young tragedienne..made her first appearance..in the character of Juliet. 1942 Billboard 7 Nov. 29/3 Addie had the temperament of a dozen tragediennes and woe unto any man she disliked. 1996 R. Freedman Life of Poet (1998) xvii. 345 The stout fifty-three-year-old woman [sc. Eleonora Duse]..was no longer the celebrated tragedienne who shared the pinnacle of fame with Sarah Bernhardt. 2001 Independent (Nexis) 4 Sept. 7 Kidman..doesn't quite have the depth yet to be a fully-fledged tragedienne. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1841 |
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