tormentress

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɔɹˈmɛn.tɹəs/

Noun

tormentress (plural tormentresses)

1. A female tormentor.

   • Fortune ordinarily cometh after to whip and punish them, as the scourge and tormentress of glory and honour.

   • 1836. The Meerut Universal Magazine ↗. Volume 2. Pg. 390.

     "Tell me," I repeated, but, alas ! miserably out of tune. My confusion rapidly increased, when the fair tormentress, turning towards me, said, perhaps it is my fault — I am not playing correctly?"

Translations

• Russian: мучительница

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