Tormentress

//tɔɹˈmɛn.tɹəs// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A female tormentor.

    "Fortune ordinarily cometh after to whip and punish them, as the scourge and tormentresse of glory and honour."

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tormentrix

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"Fortune ordinarily cometh after to whip and punish them, as the scourge and tormentresse of glory and honour."

Etymology

From Middle English turmenteresse. By surface analysis, tormentor + -ess.

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