单词 | actorine |
释义 | actorinen. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). Now rare. A female actor, an actress. 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 1892 St. Paul (Minnesota) Daily News 6 Sept. 4/5 The newest word in the profession is ‘actorine’. 1896 G. Ade Artie ix. 81 She said she was an actorine. ‘What troupe?’ I says. 1915 Nebraska State Jrnl. 20 July 4/5 Looking agonized seems to be the chief business of the moving picture actorines. 1936 Washington Times 16 Jan. 28/8 But along with his new make-up and color process, come difficulties for the actors and actoreens. 1994 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 20 Aug. (Spectrum section) 4 I don't mind if they call me ‘actress’, ‘actorine’ or ‘slubberdegullion’, as long as they call me. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1892 |
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