noun
Meaning 1
A human female dwarf.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dwarfette
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
dwarfess
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noun
Meaning 2
A female of the dwarf race.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fantasy
Examples
- 1990, Tanith Lee, “White As Sin, Now”, in Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling (editors), The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, Third Annual Collection, St. Martin's Press, 0-312-04450-X, page 328, Heracty has been told that the flaxen dwarfess once had an adventure in the mock forest below the Palace.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dwarfette, dwarfmaid, dwarrowdam
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *dwergaz Proto-West Germanic *dwerg Old English dweorg Middle English dwergh English dwarf Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-ih2der. Ancient Greek -ῐᾰ (-ĭă) Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa)bor. Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess English dwarfess From dwarf + -ess.