dwarvess

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Noun

dwarvess (plural dwarvesses)

  1. Rare form of dwarfess.
    • 1976, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “ Part II”, in Walter W Arndt, transl., edited by Cyrus Hamlin, Faust: A Tragedy: Backgrounds and Sources, the Author on the Drama, Contemporary Reactions, Modern Criticism, New York, N.Y.: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 192, lines 7614–7617:
      Dwarf and dwarvess, quick and steady, / Exemplary couples all, / Hard to say if things already / Worked like this before the Fall.
    • 1986, Peter McBride, “The Darkness Rises”, in Jewels of Darkness (game manual), Level 9 Computing, section 12:
      It's all about how a warrior is torn between love for a dwarvess and love of gold.
    • 1997, Realms of Arkania Trilogy (game manual), Sir-tech Software, Inc., page 33:
      The twelve character classes are: / Jester/She-Jester / Hunter/Huntress / Warrior/She-Warrior / Rogue/She-Rogue / Thorwalian / Dwarf/Dwarvess / Warlock/Witch / Druid/Druidess / Magician/Magicienne / Green Elf / Silvan Elf / Male/Female Ice Elf
    • 2002, K S Mulholland, “The Fate of the Daræ”, in Varlarsaga, volume 2 (Recovery), Sanford, N.C.: Cook Communication, →ISBN, Bib ID 7253752, page 246:
      Be that as it may, the dwarvess and the living treasure that she bore slipped from all knowledge and vanished without trace.
    • 2005, A. A. Wolfner (pen name; Alan Vekich; Art Kessner), Ivory Sword: The Lore of DayONE, Baltimore, Md.: PublishAmerica, LLLP, →ISBN, pages 228, 384, and 385:
      “That story, I remember, had an interesting effect on a particular young Dwarvess at the next table, and…” Suddenly he noticed fire behind them, and heard screams of battle, the shrieks of a dying Dwarvess, and children screaming in fear. “Of course it’s been done,” the Dwarvess was saying.
    • 2016, Craig Halloran, chapter 1, in Brigands and Badlands (The Darkslayer; series 2, book 6), Charleston, W.V.: Two-Ten Book Press, →ISBN:
      The two dwarvesses appeared alongside Melegal. One of them took him by the hand and led him out of the room into a hallway. The other dwarvess removed the towel from Elypsa, picked her lithe frame up, took her to the tub, and placed her within the waters.