knavess

noun

knavess

noun

/ˈneɪvɛs/

Etymology From knave + -ess.

1

Archaic A knavish woman.

Cullies, the easy cushions on which knaves and knavesses repose and fatten, have at all times existed, in considerable profusion1833, Thomas Carlyle, Count Cagliostro:

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