What does auditress mean?
Auditress means (dated) A female hearer..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(dated) A female hearer..
Yet went she not, as not with such discourse / Delighted or not capable her ear / Of what was night: such pleasure she reserved, / Adam relating, she sole auditress
I have forbidden Adèle to talk to me about her presents, and she is bursting with repletion; have the goodness to serve her as auditress and interlocutrice:
Use auditress when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Auditress means (dated) A female hearer..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Yet went she not, as not with such discourse / Delighted or not capable her ear / Of what was night: such pleasure she reserved, / Adam relating, she sole auditress
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