单词 | ornatrix |
释义 | ornatrixn. A woman who adorns another, a tire-woman (esp. in the ancient Roman world). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > [noun] > one who beautifies beautifier1578 titivater1771 titivator1773 ornatrix1834 1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii II. iii. vii. 103 The ornatrix (i.e. hair-dresser) slowly piled one above the other a mass of small curls. 1871 tr. M. Monnier Wonders of Pompeii 153 Then came the ornatrix, or hairdresser. The fair Romans dyed their hair blonde, and when the dyeing process was not sufficient, they wore wigs. 1916 Amer. Hist. Rev. 21 696 Octavia's ornatrix was the wife of her keeper of the plate. 1951 H. Fast & M. E. Sharpe Spartacus 326 They put a sheet around her and she lay down on a couch, so that the ornatrix might prepare her face and arms. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1834 |
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