divineress
divineress noun: a female diviner.
Noun
divineress (plural divineresses)
- A female diviner.
- The mad Divineress had plainly writ,
A time shou'd come (but many ages yet,)
In which, sinister destinies ordain1687, [John Dryden], “(please specify the page number)”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC - Altogether, with her snowy raiment and white flesh and passionless face, she seems rather a beautiful living statue than a Japanese maiden. And all the while the weird flutes sob and shrill, and the muttering of the drums is like an incantation. What I have seen is called the Dance of the Miko, the...1894, Lafcadio Hearn, Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan, series 1
- The mad Divineress had plainly writ,
Forms of divineress
| plural | divineresses |
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Origin of divineress
From Middle English divyneresse, devyneresse, dyvyneresse, dyveneras, dyvenourese; equivalent to diviner + -ess.
Questions about divineress
- What does divineress mean?
- Divineress means a female diviner.
- What part of speech is divineress?
- Divineress is a noun.
- What is the plural of divineress?
- The plural of divineress is divineresses.
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