knavess

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

knave +‎ -ess

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

knavess (plural knavesses)

  1. (archaic) A knavish woman.
    • 1833, Thomas Carlyle, Count Cagliostro:
      Cullies, the easy cushions on which knaves and knavesses repose and fatten, have at all times existed, in considerable profusion

References[edit]

“knavess”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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