supervillainess

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

supervillain +‎ -ess or super- +‎ villainess

Noun[edit]

supervillainess (plural supervillainesses)

  1. A female supervillain.
    • 1987, Shirley Rogers Radl, Mother's Day is Over:
      On the everlasting As the World Turns, Lisa was another kind of person, a sort of supervillainess of the soaps. Yet she was always saved from damnation...
    • 1996, Trina Robbins, The Great Women Superheroes:
      Disappointingly, Valkyrie turns out really to be the Enchantress, a supervillainess whose intention is the destruction of both sexes.
    • 2005, Lois H Gresh, Robert E Weinberg, The Science of Supervillains:
      Created by DC Comics and featured in Batman, supervillainess Poison Ivy is a potent femme fatale.