soubrette

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"He's as sensitive as a soubrette," said Ella.

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  1. noun A saucy, coquettish, intriguing maidservant in comedies or comic opera.
  2. noun An actress or a singer taking such a part.
  3. noun A young woman regarded as flirtatious or frivolous.

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  • Then his affection for a singer and soubrette, Caroline Brandt, steadied him. —  The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2
  • A couple of idle soldiers, rifle-less and armed only with the bayonets at their belts, had edged near the door; others had disappeared behind the house; Judas, mincing on his feet like a soubrette, moved briskly away; and the corporal, tossing the wreck of his onion from him, blew a single note on his whistle. —  Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories
  • Here was Merrihew in love with the soubrette, and he himself.... Was he in love, or was only his fancy trapped? —  The Lure of the Mask
  • She was a soubrette, trim, dainty and confident. —  The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance
  • Patty, in the "green-room," was presiding over the cast, with a hare's foot in one hand and the other daubed with red and blue grease-paints Oh, Patty," remonstrated Cynthia, with a horrified glance in the mirror, "I look more like a soubrette than a heroine That's the way you ought to look," returned Patty. —  When Patty Went to College
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  1. French, from Provençal soubreto, feminine of soubret, conceited, from soubra, to leave aside, from Old Provençal sobrar, to be excessive, from Latin superāre, from super, above; see uper in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French soubrette, feminine of Old French soubret, sober, thoughtful, sly, cunning, diminutive of soubre, sobre, sober: see sober.
 

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