tormentress

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tormentress

/tɔɹˈmɛn.tɹəs/

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From Middle English turmenteresse. By surface analysis, tormentor + -ess.

noun tormentresses

A female tormentor. Fortune ordinarily cometh after to whip and punish them, as the scourge and tormentresse of glory and honour.
Similar: tormentrix

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noun a female tormentor

Русский	мучительница mučitelʹnica

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@misc{tormentress_2026,
  title = {tormentress},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tormentress},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}