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devouress

devouress noun: a female devourer.

Noun

devouress (plural devouresses)

  1. (obsolete) A female devourer.
    • She was a devouress of men, exhausting one and then moving on to the next.
    • The devotee of the East cited the so-called Tourfan Madonna as being in his opinion an evolution of the Goddess Marichi, who after being a cruel devouress of children gradually evolved into their solicitous guardian, becoming the spiritual comrade of Kuvera, god of fortune and wealth.1930, Nicholas Roerich, “The Great Mother”, in Shambhala, New York, N.Y.: Frederick A[bbott] Stokes Company, →OCLC, pages 280–281

Forms of devouress

pluraldevouresses

Origin of devouress

Shortened from devoureress, from the Old French devoureresse, feminine form of devoreor.

Questions about devouress

What does devouress mean?
Devouress means a female devourer.
What part of speech is devouress?
Devouress is a noun.
What is the plural of devouress?
The plural of devouress is devouresses.

Words near devouress in the dictionary

  1. devour
  2. devourable
  3. devoured
  4. devourer
  5. devourers
  6. devouress
  7. devouresses
  8. devoureth
  9. devouring
  10. devouringly
  11. devouringness

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