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Definition of Deviless
1. n. A she- devil.
Definition of Deviless
1. Noun. A female devil. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deviless
1. a female devil [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deviless
Literary usage of Deviless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn by Lafcadio Hearn (1922)
"They also carry boms (large tin cans), which they allow to fall upon the pavement
from time to time; and they walk barefoot. . . . The deviless (in true ..."
2. Two Years in the French West Indies by Lafcadio Hearn (1890)
"They also carry boms (large tin cans), which they allow to fall upon the pavement
from time to time ; and they walk barefoot. . . . The deviless (in true ..."
3. A Childhood in Brittany Eighty Years Ago by Anne Douglas Sedgwick (1919)
"Maman had danced a minuet dressed in a Pompadour costume, and she herself had
gone as a deviless, with a scarlet-and-black dress and little golden horns in ..."
4. Germany by Heinrich Heine, Charles Godfrey Leland (1906)
"They preferred martyrdom to manifesting any act of adoration before the devil
Jupiter, the deviless Diana, or the arch- female fiend Venus. ..."
5. Uganda and Its Peoples: Notes on the Protectorate of Uganda, Especially the by James Frederick Cunningham (1905)
"... in the same sense as we say Mars is the god of war, when we really mean the
demon of war. Mukasa, the head deviless (see under Sese). ..."
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