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单词 devouress
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devouressn.

Etymology: short for devoureress, < Old French devoureresse , -voreresse , feminine of devorere , devoreor devourer n.
Obsolete.
A female devourer.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devouring (of fire, etc.) > that which devours (of fire, insects, etc.)
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1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ezek. xxxvi. 13 Thou art a deuouresse of men.
1598 B. Yong tr. G. Polo Enamoured Diana in tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 428 The fierce deuouresse of my life approoued..As fell in hart, as she is faire in face.
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Diuoratrice, a deuouresse.
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