Meaning of criticess | Babel Free

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A female critic.

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“I sighed. “Doubtless you are right, but I will cling⟳ to ‘editor’ and ‘author,’ nevertheless, and repeat⟳ the esses only when I fear being laughed at.” / “You will regret⟳ it,” groaned my mentor. / “Well, then, will this satisfy⟳ you?” said I. “That old tyrant, Grammar, has, by the aid of editors and editresses, critics and criticesses, slain his thousands and tens of thousands of authors and authoresses, scribblers and scribbleresses.””

“Grammar.—“So you have⟳ finished your studies at the seminary? I was much pleased with the closing exercises. The author of that poem—Miss⟳ White, I think⟳ you called her—bids fair to become⟳ a known poet.” / “We think⟳ the authoress will become⟳ celebrated as a poetess,” remarked the young lady, pertly, with marked emphasis on two words of the sentence. / “Oh!—ah,” replied the old gentleman looking thoughtfully over his gold spectacles at the young lady: “I hear⟳ her sister was quite an actress, and under Mr. Hosmer’s instructions will undoubtedly become⟳ quite a sculptoress.” / The young lady appeared irritated. / “The seminary,” continued the old man, with imperturbable gravity, “is fortunate in having an efficient board⟳ of manageresses. From the presidentess down to the humblest teacheress, unusual talent is shown. There is Miss⟳ Harper, who as a chemistress is unequaled, and Miss⟳ Knowles has already a reputation as an astronomeress. And in the department of music, few can equal Miss⟳ Kellogg as a singeress.” / The young lady did not appear⟳ to like⟳ the chair she was sitting on. She took the sofa at the other end⟳ of the room. / “Yes,” continued the old gentleman, as if talking to himself, “those White sisters are very talented; Mary, I understand⟳, has turned her attention to music and the drama, and will become⟳ famous as an actress and painteress, and even as a lecturess.” / A loud slamming of the door caused the old gentleman to look⟳ up, and the criticess and grammarianess was gone.”

“The dramatic criticess has done her work⟳ faithfully and with brilliant success. Her terse critique on the “Home of the Soul,” to which she considers a cornet accompaniment appropriate, indeed, is one of the features of the paper.”

“Interestingly, there was a comment⟳ of a German criticess (sp?) back in 1984 that red^([sic]) like⟳ that "recently, VH have⟳ shifted to the kind of music which doesn't qualify⟳ them to be called a rock-group anymore", Anja Boehm.”

“Newton and Jonathan Culler, Abbie Hoffman and Geoffrey Hartman, Janis Joplin and the Beatnik criticess Susan Sontag were all engaged in the same fervid devoir of Moral Disarmament, which continues apace today.”

““So how did you get⟳ on with the criticess?” Ostermann wanted to know⟳ as they were going up the steps to the conference hall. / “Not very well, I fear,” said Swidersky morosely. “She’s a very snobby lady.” / “You should have⟳ seen the other Russian criticess who was here last⟳ year. She kept harping on about the need⟳ to distinguish between Jews and Yids.[…]””

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