trolless
nounEtymology From troll + -ess.
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A female troll.
- The villanous trolless devoured them sitting on a rock, and kicking it with her heels.1864, The Dublin University Magazine, volume 64, page 70:
- No doubt the "seesaw action" that so often accompanied news of Andre's discoveries was not unfamiliar to the "trolless," who had come to expect that her accomplishments would not meet with the same sort of awe and tearful joy as her brother's.1988, Between the Human and the Divine: The Political Thought of Simone Weil, page 17:
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- “You treat me like I look,” a young trolless had once accused Conrad, on a crowded street at Festival time. Conrad's crime: stepping away from her so as not to loom. And his reply: “Obviously, miss. Our appearance is the first thing we say to the people around us, and yours is a scream of defiance." To her credit, the trolless had giggled at that, and winked an enormous eyelid2004, Lost in Transmission, page 159:
- I have chosen you as my new queen, a trolless who can walk the world freely by day or by night. From you shall spring a new race, one able to fight under the light of moon or sun, moonslipping or sunslipping at will.2007, Kyleah's Mirrors, page 210:
- The end result of a brief but fruitful liaison between a lonely shepherd and a sex-mad rock-trolless, Sawn-off Sam was a maniac at the best of times.2007, Reluctant Heroes, page 10:
- Despite Kyleah's fears that Elwyn had married a trolless in disguise, her trollog traits receded and rarely showed themselves again—even when she was hungry.2010, The Birthing Tree, page 265:
- Synonyms
- trollette