leprechauness

noun

leprechauness

noun

Etymology From leprechaun + -ess.

1

Rare A female leprechaun.

  • I picture Declan's mother as a kind of female Barry Fitzgerald, a leprechauness!1993, Barbara Field, Boundary Waters: A Pastoral Farce, page 9:
  • Joanne Demster was a regular leprechauness at many early Irish Fests.2003, Martin Hintz, Irish Milwaukee, page 112:
1 more example
  • I tried saying the word leprechauness at least ten times, but she didn't understand until I explained that a leprechauness was a female leprechaun.2016, Dr. David E. Miller, The Dawn of Tomorrow, page 144:

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