Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A she-devil.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A she-devil.
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- noun A
female devil .
Etymologies
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Examples
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One hundred million $ devil (or deviless) is terrorizing a whole country – USA.
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I felt this to have been a very dangerous proceeding, for if le bon Dieu had noticed Ghislaine's travesty, He might have made the wind turn, and she would then have remained a deviless and been forced to live in hell for all eternity.
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Maman had danced a minuet dressed in a Pompadour costume, and she herself had gone as a deviless, with a scarlet-and-black dress and little golden horns in her black hair.
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The father is bearing the "viaticum" to some victim of the pestilence: one must not appear masked as a devil or a deviless in the presence of the Bon-Die.
Two Years in the French West Indies Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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The _devilesses_ (_diablesses_) are few in number; for it requires a very tall woman to play deviless.
Two Years in the French West Indies Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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1991 Demonella Bartel, Dennen Sheet music publisher makes deal with the devil (deviless?) for most catchy song ever.
The Comic Strip Presents Episode Guide by Michael S. (Version 5.0) 1994
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