Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A woman who has the gift of telling stories well.
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Examples
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But she's also caustic, depraved, utterly disinhibited, and somehow sweetly bubbly, a beguiling raconteuse who periodically leaps onto the dinner table and stabs you with her fork.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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But she's also caustic, depraved, utterly disinhibited, and somehow sweetly bubbly, a beguiling raconteuse who periodically leaps onto the dinner table and stabs you with her fork.
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And since when did accountability become an issue for a homespun raconteuse?
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The second Judy went straight from Andy Hardy's barn to premature middle age, and emerged as the most dynamic stage presence since Al Jolson: a ballad singer whose taste in songs was second only to Sinatra's, a great comedienne, and a rueful raconteuse.
The Least Worst Man 2005
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The second Judy went straight from Andy Hardy's barn to premature middle age, and emerged as the most dynamic stage presence since Al Jolson: a ballad singer whose taste in songs was second only to Sinatra's, a great comedienne, and a rueful raconteuse.
The Least Worst Man 2005
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The second Judy went straight from Andy Hardy's barn to premature middle age, and emerged as the most dynamic stage presence since Al Jolson: a ballad singer whose taste in songs was second only to Sinatra's, a great comedienne, and a rueful raconteuse.
The Least Worst Man 2005
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And Cocktail Cokie, that Potomac River of DC gossip, was just being a mischievous raconteuse when she talked about the smart, effective politics of censure for Democrats.
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They rejoiced, for she was a brave raconteuse, but many were the keys turned in sideboard locks that night against the possible defection of little
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At 61, Brigid the brilliant raconteuse (see The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again) has lost none of her ranting piquancy – especially when her late mother is the topic.
Mommy, Andy and Me 2001
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She is unexperimental and unpretentious, a born storyteller, but serious: not just a raconteuse.
Ghosts Annan, Gabriele 1999
yarb commented on the word raconteuse
They rejoiced, for she was a brave raconteuse...
- Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise
April 4, 2008
trivet commented on the word raconteuse
oooh! *added*
April 4, 2008
sionnach commented on the word raconteuse
Raccoon toes? Deine Mutter hat dicke schmutzige Waschbaerpfoten, Du dreckiger Stachelschweinsnierenkuchenfresser. What you need is a quick Dominican divorce in only 7 days.
April 4, 2008
seanahan commented on the word raconteuse
This is a great word.
April 5, 2008
yarb commented on the word raconteuse
I'm surprised how popular it is.
April 5, 2008