deviless

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English

Etymology

From devil +‎ -ess.

Noun

deviless (plural devilesses)

  1. A female devil.
    • 1890, Lafcadio Hearn, Two years in the French West Indies: Volume 3:
      Then I see a sudden scattering of goblins and demons and devilesses in all directions: they run into houses, up alleys, — hide behind door-ways.

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