单词 | raconteuse |
释义 | raconteusen. A female raconteur. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > anecdote > [noun] > writer or teller of anecdotes storyteller1683 anecdotist?1760 raconteur1831 raconteuse1840 anecdotalist1868 personalist1876 anecdotard1880 magsman1924 1840 N. P. Willis Let. in R. R. Madden Lit. Life & Corr. Countess Blessington (1855) II. 334 The unrivalled charm of your manner as a raconteuse. 1863 ‘Ouida’ Held in Bondage I. iv. 87 ‘There's not one of you men now-a-days like Selwyn,’ began the old raconteuse again. 1906 Daily Chron. 21 Apr. 4/5 Miss Grace Crocker, the talented American raconteuse, gave a recital last night at the Æolian Hall. 1959 Dict. National Biogr. 1941–50 666/1 She had unusual artistic gifts..and delightful humour as raconteuse. 1973 T. Allbeury Choice of Enemies (1976) ix. 49 A great raconteuse she regaled us with how Daddy slammed her in the stomach. 1995 Dazed & Confused No. 14. 95/1 Anderson is a consummate raconteuse. Her answers are neatly packaged anecdotes and social observations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1840 |
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