tragedienne
/trəˌdʒiːdɪˈɛn
/noun
An actress who specializes in tragic roles.She was a glamorous loser, a musical comedy tragedienne, a mixture of frivolity and misfortune....
- Her skills as a tragedienne come forward in Rigoletto and even more so in La traviata, where she is an unforgettably poignant Violetta.
- However, she was also a tragedienne not only on-screen, but, sadly, off-screen as well.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from French tragédienne, feminine of tragédien.
- breathe a sigh of relief
- breathe down someone's neck
- breathe fire
- breathe (freely) again
- breathe (new) life into
- breathe one's last
- breather
- breathily
- breathiness
- breathing
- breathing apparatus
- breathing room
- breathing space
- breathless
- breathlessly
- breathlessness
- breath mint
- breathtaking
- breathtakingly
- breath test
- breathy
- breccia
- brecciate
- brecciation
- Brecht, Bertolt