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Definition of She-devil
1. Noun. A cruel woman.
Definition of She-devil
1. Noun. A woman whose bad temper, cruelty or wicked ways are so extreme as to evoke an image of the devil. ¹
2. Noun. (literally) A female devil (versus a he-devil, male devil). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of She-devil
Literary usage of She-devil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1882)
"He admired this creamy-skinned, red-haired, light-eyed she-devil, ... Now a
he-devil can always outwit and beat a she-devil, when she cannot get away from ..."
2. The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents: Travels and Explorations of the by Reuben Gold Thwaites, Jesuits (1897)
"They regard him as the origin of evil ; it is true that they do not attribute
great malice to the Manitou, but to his wife, who is a real she-devil. ..."
3. The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents: Travels and Explorations of the by Jesuits, Reuben Gold Thwaites (1897)
"They regard him as the origin of evil ; it is true that they do not attribute
great malice to the Manitou, but to his wife, who is a real she-devil. ..."
4. Researches Respecting the Book of Sindibâd by Domenico Comparetti (1882)
"Of the Example of the She-Devil, and of the Man and the Woman, and of how the
Man asked Three Gifts. Lord, I have heard that there was a man who never went ..."
5. The Negro, His Origin, History and Destiny: Containing a Reply to "The Negro by Henry Parker Eastman (1905)
"... depravity—Shinga—A she devil—Cannabalism—Human sacrifices—Superstition and
idolatry in Africa—The fetish— Devil worship—The slave trader. ..."
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