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Titaness|ˈtaɪtənɪs|
[f. Titan1 + -ess.]
A female Titan; a giantess. Also fig.
1596Spenser F.Q. vii. vi. 4 So likewise did this Titanesse [Mutability] aspire Rule and dominion to her selfe to gaine. 1649T. Ford Ludus Fort. 82 We can find no place free from the rule of this Titanesse. 1853C. Brontë Villette xli, Truth,..O Titaness amongst deities! 1862B. Taylor Home & Abr. Ser. ii. ii. iv. 90 St. Helene..rises grandly above all the neighboring chains... This Titaness is robed in imperial hues. 1904Brandes Main Curr. 19th C. Lit. V. xii. 168 In that generation of heaven-storming Titans and Titanesses he appears a peculiarly earth-bound creature. |