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wolfesses

wolfesses is the plural of wolfess.

Meaning of wolfess

Noun

wolfess (plural wolfesses)

  1. A female wolf, a she-wolf.
    • Whan the chyldren were now set at the brinke of yᵉ water, by chaunce came a wolfesse out of the nexte mountaynes, which gaue thē soucke, vntil they we∣re founde of the Kynges shepherde, who bringin∣ge them home, toke them hys wyfe to nouryshe.1550, Iohn Carion, translated by Gwalter Lynne, compiled by Iohn Funcke, The Thre Bokes of Cronicles, Whyche Iohn Carion (a Man Syngularly Well Sene in the Mathematycall Sciences) Gathered wyth Great...
  2. (figuratively, slang) A predatory woman.
    • He’ll enjoy the game, and if he goes into it with his eyes wide open, he won’t be ensnared by any tricks the wolfess plays on him. Not your man. He’s yours!1946, Elizabeth Woodward, Let’s Have a Party, page 19

Questions about wolfesses

What is wolfesses the plural of?
Wolfesses is the plural of wolfess.

Words near wolfesses in the dictionary

  1. Wolfert
  2. Wolferton
  3. Wolferts
  4. wolfes
  5. wolfess
  6. wolfesses
  7. Wolff
  8. Wolff rearrangement
  9. Wolff rearrangements
  10. Wolff's law
  11. Wolff-Chaikoff effect

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