Wolfess
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Wolfess is a noun meaning A female wolf, a she-wolf.
Meaning
A female wolf, a she-wolf.
More Meanings
- (slang, figurative) A predatory woman.
Example Sentences
The dog eloped with a white wolfess, and proved a good husband and father until his household was destroyed by relentless man.
To prove the truth of his story, the werewolf, “using his claw as a hand, drew off the pelt from the head of the wolfess and folded it back even as far down as the navel, whereupon there was plainly to be seen the body of an old woman.”
Whan the chyldren were now set at the brinke of yᵉ water, by chaunce came a wolfesse out of the nexte mountaynes, which gaue thē soucke, vntil they we∣re founde of the Kynges shepherde, who bringin∣ge them home, toke them hys wyfe to nouryshe.
Allyn Ann McLerie slinks skillfully as cat and wolfess; Richard Hayes struts smoothly as “The Stork Who Married a Dumb Wife;” Kaye Ballard unleashes her lush voice, and Bert Convy and Nancy Haywood exploit their youthful vitality in numerous guises.
Word Forms
- wolfesses
- wolvess
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include werewolfess, wolfwoman, wolf-mother, wolfkin, wolven, foxess.
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