Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A woman who improvises.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A female improvvisatore.
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- noun Alternative form of
improvisatrice .
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Examples
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But both the Italians and the Englishman felt the entertainment would be incomplete without hearing the celebrated vocalist and improvvisatrice who presided over the little banquet; and Madame de Montaigne, with a woman's tact, divined the general wish, and anticipated the request that was sure to be made.
Ernest Maltravers — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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She still, however, exercised in private her fascinating art; to which -- for she was a woman of singular accomplishment and talent -- she added the gift of the improvvisatrice.
Ernest Maltravers — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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The improvvisatrice nodded assent, and after a short prelude broke forth into a wild and varied strain of verse, in a voice so exquisitely sweet, with a taste so accurate, and a feeling so deep that the poetry sounded to the enchanted listeners like the language that Armida might have uttered.
Ernest Maltravers — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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The improvvisatrice nodded assent, and after a short prelude broke forth into a wild and varied strain of verse, in a voice so exquisitely sweet, with a taste so accurate, and a feeling so deep that the poetry sounded to the enchanted listeners like the language that Armida might have uttered.
Ernest Maltravers — Volume 03 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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She still, however, exercised in private her fascinating art; to which -- for she was a woman of singular accomplishment and talent -- she added the gift of the improvvisatrice.
Ernest Maltravers — Volume 03 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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But both the Italians and the Englishman felt the entertainment would be incomplete without hearing the celebrated vocalist and improvvisatrice who presided over the little banquet; and Madame de Montaigne, with a woman's tact, divined the general wish, and anticipated the request that was sure to be made.
Ernest Maltravers — Volume 03 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
chained_bear commented on the word improvvisatrice
This is an intriguing creation... I wonder why there are two V's in it? Could it be improvisatrice just as easily?
November 29, 2007
bilby commented on the word improvvisatrice
Dunno. Standard Italian has it with two 'v's. As a loanword it looks like a 'v' too many in English. Anybody need a spare 'v'?
November 29, 2007
reesetee commented on the word improvvisatrice
Just smush them together and make a W.
November 29, 2007