单词 | tormentress |
释义 | tormentressn. A female tormentor. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > cause of mental anguish or torment > [noun] > female tormentress1426 1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 11691 A gret turmenteresse Wych doth to ffolk fful gret dystresse. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxviii. iv. 301 Fortune..ordinarily commeth after..as the scourge and tormentresse of glorie and honour. 1895 R. Y. Tyrrell Latin Poetry 103 He [Catullus]..breaks down in a wild burst of rage against his tormentress. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1426 |
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