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tigresslike en · ADJ

Etymology

From tigress + -like.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of a tigress.
   • She brought a tigresslike seductiveness and a husky-voiced irreverence to roles as worldly, devil-may-care women, becoming adept at playing exotic vamps and free-spirited protagonists, […] 1990 January 26, Peter B. Flint, “Ava Gardner Is Dead at 67; Often Played Femme Fatale”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2021:

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