criticess
criticess noun: a female critic.
Noun
criticess (plural criticesses)
- A female critic.
- 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...1870, S. R. Wells, editor, The Phrenological Journal and Packard’s Monthly, New York: Wells, Samuel R., A Disputed Point (by Mary Haines Gilbert), page 359, column 1
- 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...1873, Wickersham, J. P., editor, The Pennsylvania School Journal, volume XXII, page 145, column 1
Examples of criticess in a sentence
- “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.”1870, S. R. Wells, editor, The Phrenological Journal and Packard’s Monthly, New York: Wells, Samuel R., A Disputed Point (by Mary Haines...
- The dramatic criticess has done her work faithfully and with brilliant success.1893–4, The Inland Printer: A Technical Journal Devoted to the Art of Printing, volume XII, page 151, column 2:
- “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.2013, Anatoly Kudryavitsky, disUNITY: Selected novels by Anatoly Kudryavitsky, Glagoslav Publications, →ISBN, page 103:
Forms of criticess
| plural | criticesses |
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Origin of criticess
From critic + -ess.
Questions about criticess
- What does criticess mean?
- Criticess means a female critic.
- How do you use criticess in a sentence?
- “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.”
- What part of speech is criticess?
- Criticess is a noun.
- What is the plural of criticess?
- The plural of criticess is criticesses.
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