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scioness

scioness noun: a female scion; a female descendant or an heiress, especially of a wealthy or important family.

Noun

scioness (plural scionesses)

  1. A female scion; a female descendant or an heiress, especially of a wealthy or important family.

Forms of scioness

pluralscionesses

Origin of scioness

From scion + -ess.

Questions about scioness

What does scioness mean?
Scioness means a female scion; a female descendant or an heiress, especially of a wealthy or important family.
What part of speech is scioness?
Scioness is a noun.
What is the plural of scioness?
The plural of scioness is scionesses.

Words near scioness in the dictionary

  1. sciomantic
  2. sciomyzid
  3. sciomyzids
  4. scion
  5. Scioneaux
  6. scioness
  7. scionesses
  8. scions
  9. sciophilic
  10. sciophilous
  11. sciophyllous

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