murderessn.

Brit.

/məːdəˈrɛs/,

/ˈməːd(ə)rᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈmərdərəs/

Forms: Middle English moerdrice, Middle English morderes, 1500s–1600s murtheress, 1500s–1600s murtheresse, 1500s–1600s 1800s murdresse, 1500s– murdress, 1600s– murderess.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; partly modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: murder v., -ess suffix¹.

Etymology: < murder v. + -ess suffix¹, probably partly after Old French, Middle French mourderesse, mourderresse, morderresse, meurdresse, moeurdrese (early 13th cent.) < mordrir murder v. + -esse -ess suffix¹. Compare murderer n. In sense 2 after French meurtrière meurtrière n.With remodelling of the ending in form moerdrice in quots. a1393¹ at sense 1, a1393² at sense 1, compare e.g. Middle English and Middle French forms s.v. empress n., or English agent nouns in -trice suffix.

1. A woman who commits murder; a female murderer.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > man-killer or homicide > [noun] > murderer or assassin > woman

murderessa1393

assassinatress1864

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iii. 2003 Sche that was an homicide And of hire oghne lord Moerdrice.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) viii. 1958 (MED) Slain is the moerdrer and moerdrice Thurgh verray trowthe of rihtwisnesse.

?c1450 Trivet's Life of Constance in F. J. Furnivall Originals & Analogues Canterbury Tales (1876) 229 (MED) Than in that shyp, that ungoodly Morderes, the Sowdans Moder, put that mayd Constaunce, withoute pooles or Orys.

1562 A. Brooke tr. M. Bandello Tragicall Hist. Romeus & Iuliet 53 You my mother shall becomme the murdresse of my life.

1588 A. Marten Exhort. Faithfull Subiects sig. A3^v Athalea..was slayne..as a murtheresse of her owne children.

a1626 W. Rowley Birth of Merlin (1662) sig. G3^v Thou murderess of a King.

1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 15 What want you woman will you be your owne murtheresse?

1677 A. Behn Abdelazer iii. iii. 35 Hold!—hold, inhuman Murdress; What hast thou done, most barbarous of thy Sex!

1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. ii. iv. 181 Am I not the Murderess of the finest Gentleman?

1804 R. Southey in Ann. Rev. 2 531 The parents, therefore, believe her to be the murderess, and prepare a fire to burn her.

1845 F. Douglass Narr. Life F. Douglass iv. 25 This most horrid murder..did produce sensation, but not enough to bring the murderess to punishment.

1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. v. 105 Then laughed the murderess in her glee.

1915 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Island xvi. 161 This poor creature loved her... ‘Here, take him,’ she said hastily to Phil. ‘I feel like a murderess.’

1992 Daily Tel. 4 Mar. 15/1 All the murderesses I met in prison..had committed their crimes in domestic arguments.

†2. Fortification. = meurtrière n. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > [noun] > loophole

loop1393

lancet-loupe1562

loophole1591

barbican1600

eyelet hole1774

arrow slit1789

meurtrière1802

murderess1802

shot-hole1819

arrowlet1837

arrow loop1840

eyelet1851

musket-slit1856

cross-oylet1859

shoot-hole1892

1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Murdresses, in ancient fortification, a sort of battlement with interstices, raised on the tops of towers to fire through.

1890 Cent. Dict. Murdress, a battlement with interstices or loopholes for firing through.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	murderess
释义	murderessn. Brit. /məːdəˈrɛs/, /ˈməːd(ə)rᵻs/, U.S. /ˈmərdərəs/ Forms: Middle English moerdrice, Middle English morderes, 1500s–1600s murtheress, 1500s–1600s murtheresse, 1500s–1600s 1800s murdresse, 1500s– murdress, 1600s– murderess. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; partly modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: murder v., -ess suffix¹. Etymology: < murder v. + -ess suffix¹, probably partly after Old French, Middle French mourderesse, mourderresse, morderresse, meurdresse, moeurdrese (early 13th cent.) < mordrir murder v. + -esse -ess suffix¹. Compare murderer n. In sense 2 after French meurtrière meurtrière n.With remodelling of the ending in form moerdrice in quots. a1393¹ at sense 1, a1393² at sense 1, compare e.g. Middle English and Middle French forms s.v. empress n., or English agent nouns in -trice suffix. 1. A woman who commits murder; a female murderer. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > man-killer or homicide > [noun] > murderer or assassin > woman murderessa1393 assassinatress1864 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iii. 2003 Sche that was an homicide And of hire oghne lord Moerdrice. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) viii. 1958 (MED) Slain is the moerdrer and moerdrice Thurgh verray trowthe of rihtwisnesse. ?c1450 Trivet's Life of Constance in F. J. Furnivall Originals & Analogues Canterbury Tales (1876) 229 (MED) Than in that shyp, that ungoodly Morderes, the Sowdans Moder, put that mayd Constaunce, withoute pooles or Orys. 1562 A. Brooke tr. M. Bandello Tragicall Hist. Romeus & Iuliet 53 You my mother shall becomme the murdresse of my life. 1588 A. Marten Exhort. Faithfull Subiects sig. A3^v Athalea..was slayne..as a murtheresse of her owne children. a1626 W. Rowley Birth of Merlin (1662) sig. G3^v Thou murderess of a King. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 15 What want you woman will you be your owne murtheresse? 1677 A. Behn Abdelazer iii. iii. 35 Hold!—hold, inhuman Murdress; What hast thou done, most barbarous of thy Sex! 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. ii. iv. 181 Am I not the Murderess of the finest Gentleman? View more context for this quotation 1804 R. Southey in Ann. Rev. 2 531 The parents, therefore, believe her to be the murderess, and prepare a fire to burn her. 1845 F. Douglass Narr. Life F. Douglass iv. 25 This most horrid murder..did produce sensation, but not enough to bring the murderess to punishment. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. v. 105 Then laughed the murderess in her glee. 1915 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Island xvi. 161 This poor creature loved her... ‘Here, take him,’ she said hastily to Phil. ‘I feel like a murderess.’ 1992 Daily Tel. 4 Mar. 15/1 All the murderesses I met in prison..had committed their crimes in domestic arguments. †2. Fortification. = meurtrière n. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > [noun] > loophole loop1393 lancet-loupe1562 loophole1591 barbican1600 eyelet hole1774 arrow slit1789 meurtrière1802 murderess1802 shot-hole1819 arrowlet1837 arrow loop1840 eyelet1851 musket-slit1856 cross-oylet1859 shoot-hole1892 1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Murdresses, in ancient fortification, a sort of battlement with interstices, raised on the tops of towers to fire through. 1890 Cent. Dict. Murdress, a battlement with interstices or loopholes for firing through. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1393
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