释义 |
deviless|ˈdɛv(ə)lɪs| [f. devil + -ess: cf. F. diablesse.] A she-devil.
a1693Urquhart Rabelais iv. xxvii. 226 There was not Angel, Man, Devil, nor Deviless, upon the place, who would not [etc.]. 1761Sterne Tr. Shandy (1802) III. xx. 318 Though we should abominate each other ten times worse than so many devils or devilesses. 1881Athenæum 9 July 45/3 But a commonplace woman, with little of either the saint or the ‘deviless’ in her composition. |