单词 | corruptress |
释义 | corruptressn. A female corrupter; also figurative of things. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [noun] > corrupting > one who or that which > female corruptrice1609 corruptress?1611 corruptrix1611 ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xiii. 316 Man's fierce corruptress, Fight, Set up her bristles in the field with lances long and light. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. xxxviii. 284 What terms wouldst thou have me to keep with such a sweet corruptress? 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul II. ix. xxxi. 11 Ionia had been the corruptress of Greece, Ephesus was the corruptress of Ionia. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1611 |
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