varletess
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Noun[edit]
varletess (plural varletesses)
- A female varlet.
- 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XXXI”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
- In short, Jack, it was more pride than love, as I now find it, that put me upon making such a confounded rout about losing this noble varletess.