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.
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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.
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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.
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I just put the word "temptress" through the Google Translate engine, and got this: ξεμυαλίστρα (xemyalistra).
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I just put the word "temptress" through the Google Translate engine, and got this: ξεμυαλίστρα (xemyalistra).
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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.
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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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