WORD FOR THE DAY: POSEUSE

Your word for today is: poseuse, n.

poseuse, n.

[‘ A female poseur.’]

Pronunciation: Brit. /pəʊˈzəːz/,  U.S. /poʊˈzəz/

Etymology: <  French poseuse (1852 or earlier) <  poser pose v¹ + -euse -euse suffix. Compare earlier poseur n.

  A female poseur.

1888  Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere III. vi. xliii. 260 Poseuse, schemer, woman of the world that she was.

1893 Daily News 29 Apr. 5/1 Madame de Krudener may best be regarded as the supreme ‘poseuse’ of history.

1939  J. Cannan They rang up Police 163 That poseuse could kid herself into anything.

1989 Independent 30 Jan. 16/6 The maunderings of a working-class Brit are..scarcely what you'd expect to interest this incurable poseuse.

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