varletess
English
Etymology
varlet + -ess
Noun
varletess (plural varletesses)
- female varlet
- Samuel Richardson, Clarissa
- Eight o'clock at Midsummer, and these lazy varletesses (in full health) not come down yet to breakfast!—What a confounded indecency in young ladies, to let a rake know that they love their beds so dearly […]
- Samuel Richardson, Clarissa