comfortressn.

Brit.

/ˈkʌmfətrᵻs/,

/kʌmfəˈtrɛs/, U.S.

/ˈkəmfərtrəs/

Forms: Also Middle English confortouresse.

Etymology: < Old French conforteresse, feminine of confortère : see -ess suffix¹.

Now rare.

A female comforter.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > [noun] > act, means, or source of consolation or relief > one who or that which consoles or relieves > specific female or usually female

comfortressc1430

consolatricea1513

confortatrice1516

ministering angel1592

relieveress1631

consolatrix1632

c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) i. cxlii. 73 Ladi, quod j, ther of shule ye be leche and confortouresse.

a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xlii. f. lxix^v/2 Our lady, Tresorye of grace, comfortresse of desolate.

1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 480 To giue him [sc. Adam] a wife, for a faithful companion, a comfortresse of his life.

1607 B. Jonson Volpone iii. vii. sig. G4^v To bee your comfortresse, and to preserue you.

1775 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women (new ed.) Ded. p. vii The comfortress of affliction!

1868 R. A. Coffin tr. Liguori Glories of Mary 81 O comfortress of the afflicted.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	comfortress
释义	comfortressn. Brit. /ˈkʌmfətrᵻs/, /kʌmfəˈtrɛs/, U.S. /ˈkəmfərtrəs/ Forms: Also Middle English confortouresse. Etymology: < Old French conforteresse, feminine of confortère : see -ess suffix¹. Now rare. A female comforter. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > [noun] > act, means, or source of consolation or relief > one who or that which consoles or relieves > specific female or usually female comfortressc1430 consolatricea1513 confortatrice1516 ministering angel1592 relieveress1631 consolatrix1632 c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) i. cxlii. 73 Ladi, quod j, ther of shule ye be leche and confortouresse. a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xlii. f. lxix^v/2 Our lady, Tresorye of grace, comfortresse of desolate. 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 480 To giue him [sc. Adam] a wife, for a faithful companion, a comfortresse of his life. 1607 B. Jonson Volpone iii. vii. sig. G4^v To bee your comfortresse, and to preserue you. View more context for this quotation 1775 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women (new ed.) Ded. p. vii The comfortress of affliction! 1868 R. A. Coffin tr. Liguori Glories of Mary 81 O comfortress of the afflicted. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1430
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