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criticesses

criticesses is the plural of criticess.

Meaning of criticess

Noun

criticess (plural criticesses)

  1. (rare) 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

Questions about criticesses

What is criticesses the plural of?
Criticesses is the plural of criticess.

Words near criticesses in the dictionary

  1. criticaster
  2. criticasterism
  3. criticasters
  4. criticastry
  5. criticess
  6. criticesses
  7. criticisable
  8. criticise
  9. criticised
  10. criticiser
  11. criticisers

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