Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. Like a soubrette; cheeky and mischievous.
Examples
“My Sentence Well in mixed company I'd try using the word soubrettish, but shouting fucking conceited cock tease gets to the point quicker with the added benefit of clearing a path to the open bar.”
“My Sentence: Well in mixed company I'd try using the word soubrettish, but shouting fucking conceited cock tease gets to the point quicker with the added benefit of clearing a path to the open bar.”
“The Nurse (relentlessly soubrettish), Mercutio, (inevitably swaggerish) Paris (surprisingly loutish), the Prince (effectively commanding) are all more characterized and spotlighted than the supposedly central characters.”
“Her taste in dress was soubrettish and flagrant, but it was not small-town.”
“Hanan Alattar is suitably soubrettish as Musetta and the roles of Benoit and Alcindoro are well sung and amusingly acted by Simon Butteriss and Richard Angas.”
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Adjectival Arcana
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