demirep
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈdɛmiːɹɛp/
demirep (plural demireps)
- (colloquial, dated) A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character; an adventuress.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, page 569:
- he had no knowledge of that character which is vulgarly called a demirep; that is to say, a woman who intrigues with every man she likes, under the name and appearance of virtue [...] in short, whom everybody knows to be what nobody calls her.
- 1813, Leigh Hunt, in a journal article about the prince.(Chambers, R.. "'The Book of Days': A miscellany of popular antiquities. Londres: W & R Chambers, 1832." Google Books ↗):
- […] in short, this delightful, blissful, wise, pleasurable, honourable, virtuous, true, and immortal prince, was a violator of his word, a libertine, over head and ears in disgrace, a despiser of domestic ties, the companion of gamblers and demireps […] .
- 1932, Duff Cooper, Talleyrand, Folio Society 2010, p. 65:
- In this new world, ruled by charlatans and dominated by demireps, Talleyrand may have found much to shock his sense of decorum, but little to outrage his moral standards.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, page 569:
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