Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A usually sexually alluring woman who repeatedly seduces or manipulates others.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A woman who tempts or entices.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A woman who entices.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
alluring woman whoseduces orexploits men. - noun A woman considered sexually attractive by men.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive
Etymologies
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Examples
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Many feminists say that considering the semantic roots of the term in Indian English, eve-teasing refers to the temptress nature of Eve, placing responsibility on the woman as a tease, as though the aggressive response of the males was normal rather than criminal.
Maheen Usmani: Pakistan's Sexual Harassment Problem Maheen Usmani 2011
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Many feminists say that considering the semantic roots of the term in Indian English, eve-teasing refers to the temptress nature of Eve, placing responsibility on the woman as a tease, as though the aggressive response of the males was normal rather than criminal.
Maheen Usmani: Pakistan's Sexual Harassment Problem Maheen Usmani 2011
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Many feminists say that considering the semantic roots of the term in Indian English, eve-teasing refers to the temptress nature of Eve, placing responsibility on the woman as a tease, as though the aggressive response of the males was normal rather than criminal.
Maheen Usmani: Pakistan's Sexual Harassment Problem Maheen Usmani 2011
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I just put the word "temptress" through the Google Translate engine, and got this: ξεμυαλίστρα (xemyalistra).
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] MBack 2010
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I just put the word "temptress" through the Google Translate engine, and got this: ξεμυαλίστρα (xemyalistra).
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] MBack 2010
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The view of woman as "temptress" has early roots and is alive and well today both in the wider culture (see links below) and sadly also in Christian circles.
Jesus Creed Scot McKnight 2010
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I just put the word "temptress" through the Google
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Who is the technological "temptress" in Constantin's garden of good and Apple.
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Bruno: Erin started it very well, like a "temptress" and a "murderess", but she lost the character soon after and never recovered after that.
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Bruno: Erin started it very well, like a "temptress" and a "murderess", but she lost the character soon after and never recovered after that.
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