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wolvess

wolvess is the rare form 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

Forms of wolvess

pluralwolvesses

Questions about wolvess

What is wolvess the rare form of?
Wolvess is the rare form of wolfess.

Words near wolvess in the dictionary

  1. wolves guarding the sheep
  2. wolves in a lamb's skin
  3. wolves in sheep's clothing
  4. wolves in wool
  5. wolves of Wall Street
  6. wolvess
  7. wolvesses
  8. Wolvey
  9. wolving
  10. wolving down
  11. wolvish

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