| 释义 |
inquisitress|ɪnˈkwɪzɪtrɪs|
[f. inquisitor + -ess.]
A female inquisitor.
1727Philip Quarll 141 This did not a little exasperate the already sufficiently provok'd Inquisitress. 1853C. Brontë Villette xxvi, Little Jesuit inquisitress as she was, she could see things in a true light. 1897Strand Mag. Christm. No. 634/1 This preliminary settled..my fair inquisitress asks me how to begin. |