Knavess

//ˈneɪvɛs// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A knavish woman. archaic

    "Cullies, the easy cushions on which knaves and knavesses repose and fatten, have at all times existed, in considerable profusion"

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"Cullies, the easy cushions on which knaves and knavesses repose and fatten, have at all times existed, in considerable profusion"

Etymology

From knave + -ess.

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