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supervillainess en · NOUN

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Etymology

From supervillain + -ess or super- + villainess.

Meanings

1. A female supervillain.
   • Created by DC Comics and featured in Batman, supervillainess Poison Ivy is a potent femme fatale. 2005, Lois H Gresh, Robert E Weinberg, The Science of Supervillains:
   • Disappointingly, Valkyrie turns out really to be the Enchantress, a supervillainess whose intention is the destruction of both sexes. 1996, Trina Robbins, The Great Women Superheroes:
   • 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... 1987, Shirley Rogers Radl, Mother's Day is Over:

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