单词 | decipheress |
释义 | decipheressn. rare. A female decipherer. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [noun] > one who explains > female unfoldress1577 expoundress1604 decipheress1740 expositress1840 1740 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 409/2 To the ingenious, fair enigmatical, Decypheress, Delia-Zusie. a1763 J. Byrom Misc. Poems (1773) I. 29 And thou, O Astrology, Goddess divine, Celestial Decypheress [1814 Decipheress]. 1980 Libr. Chron. 14 20 In Lewis's case, the decipheress was of course his wife. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1740 |
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