actressyadj.
/ˈaktrᵻsi/, U.S. /ˈæktrəsi/ Characteristic of or reminiscent of an actress; affectedly theatrical.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > theatrical or exaggerated (of person) > of actions or things
histrionicalc1553
scenical1564
mimic1591
histrionic1627
scenic1638
theatric1656
theatrical1709
agonistic1833
stagy1860
actressy1893
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [adjective] > like or relating to actress
actressy1893
1893 Evening World (N.Y.) 29 Oct. 4 That crowd, with their vast variety of beautiful faces and their actressy picturesqueness of attire.
1896 G. B. Shaw Let. 5 Dec. in E. Terry & G. B. Shaw Corr. (1931) 111 You'd feel instantly with her that such a line would be actressy and that the dressing-room was the wrong scene for the right line.
1911 M. Findlater & J. Findlater Penny Monypenny iii. ii. 304 Photographs of beautiful ladies..dreadful actressy people all teeth and hair.
1958 Observer 9 Feb. 11/5 She talked of the theatrical digs she'd known in this part of the world. Her voice was actressy and deep.
2007 51st London Film Festival (British Film Institute programme) 24/2 Jeanne Balibar mesmerises and confounds, giving Antoinette all the actressy hauteur and allure of a Restoration Paris salon ‘star’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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