From she- + devil.
she-devil (plural she-devils)
- (literally) A female devil (as opposed to a he-devil, male devil).
1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 114:In order to exorcise this she-devil, the attendants made circles on the walls with charcoal, within each was written: "Adam, Eve, Lilas, avaunt!"
- (figuratively) A woman whose bad temper, cruelty or wicked ways are so extreme as to evoke an image of the devil.
1828, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter XVI, in Pelham; or, The Adventures of a Gentleman. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 130:Monsieur Margot groaned. “Go, then, my friend,” said he, “procure the ladder! Oh, those she devils!—what could make me such a fool!”
female devil
- Armenian: please add this translation if you can
- Belarusian: чарто́ўка f (čartóŭka), бясо́ўка f (bjasóŭka)
- Dutch: duivelin (nl) f
- Esperanto: diablino
- French: diablesse (fr) f
- German: Teufelin (de) f
- Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐌿𐌻𐌸𐍉 m (unhulþō)
- Polish: diablica (pl) f
- Russian: дьяволи́ца (ru) f (dʹjavolíca), черто́вка (ru) f (čertóvka), бесо́вка (ru) f (besóvka)
- Spanish: demonia femenina, diabla (es) f
- Swedish: hondjävul c, djävulinna (sv) c
- Ukrainian: дияволи́ця f (dyjavolýcja), дия́волка f (dyjávolka), чорти́ха f (čortýxa), чорти́ця f (čortýcja), біси́ха f (bisýxa)
- Volapük: (♂♀) diab (vo), (♂) hidiab, (♀) jidiab (vo)
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bad-tempered woman
- Armenian: please add this translation if you can
- Belarusian: чарто́ўка f (čartóŭka), бясо́ўка f (bjasóŭka)
- Dutch: duivelin (nl) f, feeks (nl) f, helleveeg (nl) f
- Esperanto: diablino
- French: diablesse (fr) f
- German: Teufelin (de) f, Teufelsweib (de) n, Drachen (de) m
- Greek: διαβολογυναίκα (el) f (diavologynaíka), διαβολοθήλυκο n (diavolothílyko), διαβόλισσα (el) f (diavólissa)
- Macedonian: ѓаво́лица f (ǵavólica), ѓа́волка f (ǵávolka)
- Polish: jędza (pl) f, sekutnica (pl) f, złośnica (pl) f, diablica (pl) f
- Russian: дьяволи́ца (ru) f (dʹjavolíca), черто́вка (ru) f (čertóvka), бесо́вка (ru) f (besóvka)
- Ukrainian: дияволи́ця f (dyjavolýcja), дия́волка f (dyjávolka), чорти́ха f (čortýxa), чорти́ця f (čortýcja), біси́ха f (bisýxa)
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