tormentress
(tɔːˈmɛntrɪs)
[a. AF. tormenteresse, fem. of tormentour tormentor.]
A female tormentor.
| 1426 Lydg. De Guil. Pilgr. 11691 A gret turmenteresse Wych doth to ffolk fful gret dystresse. 1601 Holland Pliny xxviii. iv. II. 301 Fortune..ordinarily commeth after..as the scourge and tormentresse of glorie and honour. 1895 R. Y. Tyrrell Latin Poetry 103 He [Catullus]..breaks down in a wild burst of rage against his tormentress. |