单词 | revengeress |
释义 | revengeressn. rare after 17th cent. A female revenger. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > [noun] > one who inflicts > female vengeressc1374 ultrice1490 revengeress1569 avengeress1590 the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [noun] > avenger of injured or injury > female vengeressc1374 ultrice1490 revengeress1569 avengeress1590 1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 162 Whiche if it be..the reuengeresse of wicked men, it is a good discipline. 1636 E. Dacres tr. N. Machiavel Disc. Livy I. 120 Athens,..remembring the wrong she had receiv'd, and the slavery she had indur'd, became a sharpe revengeresse. 1653 J. Howell German Diet sig. Ll Her subjects lov'd her as their most indulgent Mother, her foes fear'd her as a just Revengresse. 1987 L. Bliss Francis Beaumont iv. 61 A scorned-woman and revengeress. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1569 |
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