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devouress

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devouress (Englisch)

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Singular

Plural

the devouress

the devouresses

Anmerkung:

Die Bezeichnung devouress ist nicht mehr gebräuchlich. Es wird die geschlechtsneutrale Form "devourer" benutzt.

Worttrennung:

?, Plural: ?

Aussprache:

IPA: []
Hörbeispiele:

Bedeutungen:

[1] veraltet: eine Frau, die über die Maßen isst; Fresserin

Herkunft:

devour

Männliche Wortformen:

[1] devourer

Beispiele:

[1] "Another, far more benevolent Egyptian devouress is the goddess Nut, the skygoddess, sometimes envisioned as a celestial cow but most often taking human form, her naked body streched out over the earth to form the vault of heaven." [1]
[1] "The devotee of the East cited the so-called Tourfan Madonna as being in his opinion an evolution of the Goddess Marichi, who after being a cruel devouress of children gradually evolved into their solicitous guardian, becoming the spiritual comrade of Kuvera, god of fortune and wealth."[2]
[1] "From the girl with the heart of gold to the pure and simple devourness of inheritances, mulatresses held all the roles of employment."[3]

Übersetzungen

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Quellen:

  1. Robert E. Meagher: The Meaning of Helen:. In Search of an Ancient Icon. 1. Auflage. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Wauconda 2002, ISBN 9780865165106, Seite 192 Google Books
  2. Nicholas Roerich: Shambhala. Vedams eBooks, 2003, ISBN 9788179360125, Seite 280 Google Books
  3. T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting: Black Venus:. Sexualized Savages, Primal Fears, and Primitive Narratives in French. Duke University Press, 1999, ISBN 9780822382799, Seite 71 Google Books