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supervillainess

supervillainess noun: a female supervillain.

Noun

supervillainess (plural supervillainesses)

  1. A female supervillain.
    • On the everlasting As the World Turns, Lisa was another kind of person, a sort of supervillainess of the soaps. Yet she was always saved from damnation...1987, Shirley Rogers Radl, Mother's Day is Over
    • Disappointingly, Valkyrie turns out really to be the Enchantress, a supervillainess whose intention is the destruction of both sexes.1996, Trina Robbins, The Great Women Superheroes

Forms of supervillainess

pluralsupervillainesses

Origin of supervillainess

From supervillain + -ess or super- + villainess.

Questions about supervillainess

What does supervillainess mean?
Supervillainess means a female supervillain.
What part of speech is supervillainess?
Supervillainess is a noun.
What is the plural of supervillainess?
The plural of supervillainess is supervillainesses.

Words near supervillainess in the dictionary

  1. supervibrators
  2. Supervielle
  3. supervigilant
  4. supervigorous
  5. supervillain
  6. supervillainess
  7. supervillainesses
  8. supervillainous
  9. supervillainry
  10. supervillains
  11. supervillainy

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