Lady Macbeth
noun
A remorseless or ruthless woman, especially one who assists or controls a weak man.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in John Ireland (c1742–1808), biographer. With allusion to the character of Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare's Macbeth.
- inescapability
- inescapable
- inescapably
- inescutcheon
- -iness
- in esse
- in essence
- inessential
- inestimable
- inestimably
- in every sense of the word
- in evidence
- inevitability
- inevitable
- inevitably
- inexact
- inexactitude
- assignable
- assignation
- assignee
- assigner
- assignment
- assignor
- (as) silent as the grave
- (as) silent (or quiet) as the grave