centauress

centauress

English

Etymology

centaur +‎ -ess

Noun

centauress (plural centauresses)

1. A female centaur; a she-centaur
   • 1775 A catalogue of impressions in sulphur of antique and modern gems from which pastes are made and sold, page 55

     1575. A CENTAURESS ſuckling a child. Cornelian.

   • 1800 Letters from Itality, page 122

     a Centaureſs with a young Man, ſhe holds a cymbal of gilt-bronze, the thrones of Venus and Mars, with their attributes, are in the fame picture

   • 1820 Lucian of Samosata - Volume 1 - Page 772

     On a grass-plot of the most glossy verdure lies the centauress, with the whole equine part of her stretched on the ground, the hind feet extending backwards: while the upper female part is gently raised, and reclining on one elbow.

   • 1837 Travels in Crete, Volume 2, page 12

     we see, from the emptied drinking-vessel of the Centauress before us, that the God did not neglect to requite them for their zeal

Related terms

• centaurette