savagessn.

Brit.

/ˌsavɪˈdʒɛs/, U.S.

/ˌsævᵻˈdʒɛs/

Forms: 1600s salvagesse, 1600s savagesse, 1800s– savagess.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: savage n.¹, -ess suffix¹.

Etymology: < savage n.¹ + -ess suffix¹, after French sauvagesse (1632 in this sense).

A female savage; spec. a woman from a society regarded as primitive or uncivilized (now usually avoided as offensive; cf. savage n.¹ 3a).

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > lack of civilization > [noun] > uncivilized person > woman

savagess1640

1640 tr. G. S. du Verdier Love & Armes Greeke Princes i. vii. 24 The Empresse would needs visit the fair Savagesse.

1828 T. Flint Life & Adventures Arthur Clenning I. iv. 225 Imagine a savagess..dressed for the first time in the cast finery of Augusta.

1858 W. M. Thackeray Virginians xl The savage and savagess retired together.

1896 Christian Work 25 June 1030/1 There be hints of war, and an old savagess..warned Widow Wright that she would do better to move into town.

1919 G. Saintsbury Hist. French Novel II. xiv. 533 As for Raymonde, its heroine comes closer to ‘Sauvageonne’, though she is less of a savagess.

1999 Insight on News (Nexis) 5 July 48 The unsurprising product of this who-dare-say-them-nay landscape is a distressing number of young savages and, evidently, a lot of young savagesses.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	savagess
释义	savagessn. Brit. /ˌsavɪˈdʒɛs/, U.S. /ˌsævᵻˈdʒɛs/ Forms: 1600s salvagesse, 1600s savagesse, 1800s– savagess. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: savage n.¹, -ess suffix¹. Etymology: < savage n.¹ + -ess suffix¹, after French sauvagesse (1632 in this sense). A female savage; spec. a woman from a society regarded as primitive or uncivilized (now usually avoided as offensive; cf. savage n.¹ 3a). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > lack of civilization > [noun] > uncivilized person > woman savagess1640 1640 tr. G. S. du Verdier Love & Armes Greeke Princes i. vii. 24 The Empresse would needs visit the fair Savagesse. 1828 T. Flint Life & Adventures Arthur Clenning I. iv. 225 Imagine a savagess..dressed for the first time in the cast finery of Augusta. 1858 W. M. Thackeray Virginians xl The savage and savagess retired together. 1896 Christian Work 25 June 1030/1 There be hints of war, and an old savagess..warned Widow Wright that she would do better to move into town. 1919 G. Saintsbury Hist. French Novel II. xiv. 533 As for Raymonde, its heroine comes closer to ‘Sauvageonne’, though she is less of a savagess. 1999 Insight on News (Nexis) 5 July 48 The unsurprising product of this who-dare-say-them-nay landscape is a distressing number of young savages and, evidently, a lot of young savagesses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1640
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