villainessn.
/vɪləˈnɛs/, /ˈvɪlənᵻs/, U.S. /ˈvɪlənəs/ A female villain.
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society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun] > wicked person > villain > female
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1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. E5v My wife, my Queene and Emperesse,..Villanesse to shame, disdaine, and misery.
1865 Reader 20 May 563/3 Her villainess is a she-devil.
1872 M. Collins Princess Clarice II. vii. 99 He can follow his hero and heroine, his villain and villainess, into holes and corners.
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