释义 |
demoness|ˈdiːmənɪs| [f. demon1 + -ess.] A female demon; a she-devil.
a1638Mede Apost. Later Times (1641) 31 The Sichemites..had a Goddesse or Dæmonesse under the name of Jephta's daughter. 1856Titan Mag. Aug. 190/2 That smiling demoness, his mother. 1879M. D. Conway Demonol. I. ii. iv. 117 A demoness who sometimes appears just before the floods. |