temptress

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Thus a temptress is any girl that girl-watchers watch, if I may borrow a phrase from the 60s and early 70s.

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  • Grace emerged on that stage as a temptress, sizzling hot and exciting. —  Grace Slick The Biography
  • Thus a temptress is any girl that girl-watchers watch, if I may borrow a phrase from the 60s and early 70s. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • Thus a temptress is any girl that girl-watchers watch, if I may borrow a phrase from the 60s and early 70s. κορασιον translate into English? —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • The other temptress is the Scarlet 2/3-inch, which is "more akin to current video-shooting DSLRs, though it doesn't have a full frame sensor." —  Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets
 

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  1. Formerly also tempteress; from Middle English temptresse, from Old French temptresse (cf. French tentatrice = Italian tentatrice); as tempter + -ess.
 

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/ˈtɛmptrɛs/
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