Meaning

2 senses
  1. A female wolf, a she-wolf.

  2. (figuratively, slang)A predatory woman.

Origin

From Middle English wolfesse, wolvas, wolvesse. By surface analysis, wolf + -ess.

From Middle English wolfesse, wolvas, wolvesse. By surface analysis, wolf + -ess.

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Forms

plural: wolfesses

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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