wolfessn.

Brit.

/ˈwʊlfᵻs/,

/wʊlˈfɛs/, U.S.

/ˈwʊlfəs/

Forms: Also Middle English woluesse, woluas.

Etymology: < wolf n. + -ess suffix¹.

rare.

1. A she-wolf.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [noun] > genus Canis > canis lupus (wolf) > female

wolfenc1000

wolfessa1387

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 43 A wolfesse [v.rr. wolvesse, woluas] þat hadde i-lost hir whelpes.

1550 W. Lynne tr. J. Carion Thre Bks. Cronicles f. xxv^v By chaunce came a wolfesse out of the nexte mountaynes.

1820 W. Tooke in tr. Lucian Lucian of Samosata I. 560 (note) The wolf lives instinctively solitary..so that even his connection with the wolfess is but of short duration.

2. A woman who is sexually aggressive; a woman who seeks to seduce men.

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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > [noun] > seduction > seducer > seductress

Laïs1576

Delilah1585

seductress1803

femme fatale1879

man-eater1906

wolfess1945

Lolita1959

1945 Bulletin (Philadelphia) 27 Nov. 42/1 A nice girl hasn't got a chance with a wolfess around.

1968 Word Study Dec. 4/2 Wolf suggests the sexually aggressive female as well as the sexually aggressive male, though it is often expanded to wolfess when applied to a woman.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wolfess
释义	wolfessn. Brit. /ˈwʊlfᵻs/, /wʊlˈfɛs/, U.S. /ˈwʊlfəs/ Forms: Also Middle English woluesse, woluas. Etymology: < wolf n. + -ess suffix¹. rare. 1. A she-wolf. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [noun] > genus Canis > canis lupus (wolf) > female wolfenc1000 wolfessa1387 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 43 A wolfesse [v.rr. wolvesse, woluas] þat hadde i-lost hir whelpes. 1550 W. Lynne tr. J. Carion Thre Bks. Cronicles f. xxv^v By chaunce came a wolfesse out of the nexte mountaynes. 1820 W. Tooke in tr. Lucian Lucian of Samosata I. 560 (note) The wolf lives instinctively solitary..so that even his connection with the wolfess is but of short duration. 2. A woman who is sexually aggressive; a woman who seeks to seduce men. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > [noun] > seduction > seducer > seductress Laïs1576 Delilah1585 seductress1803 femme fatale1879 man-eater1906 wolfess1945 Lolita1959 1945 Bulletin (Philadelphia) 27 Nov. 42/1 A nice girl hasn't got a chance with a wolfess around. 1968 Word Study Dec. 4/2 Wolf suggests the sexually aggressive female as well as the sexually aggressive male, though it is often expanded to wolfess when applied to a woman. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1387
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