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单词 raconteuse
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raconteusen.

Brit. /rakɒnˈtəːz/, U.S. /ˌrɑkɑnˈtəz/
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French raconteuse.
Etymology: < French raconteuse (a1752 or earlier) < raconter to relate (see recount v.1) + -euse -euse suffix, after raconteur raconteur n. Compare earlier raconteur n.
A female raconteur.
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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).
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