Home › Words › D › devilessdevilessdeviless means A female devil.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, deviless ranks #13,971 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom devil + -ess.nounA female devil.e.g.“Then I see a sudden scattering of goblins and demons and devilesses in all directions: they run into houses, up alleys, — hide behind door-ways.” — 1890, Lafcadio Hearn, Two years in the French West Indies: Volume 3:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.devilette 90% match — A little devil. vs deviless →demoness 80% match — A female demon. vs deviless →devilet 76% match — A little devil. vs deviless →deviling 74% match — A small or young devil. vs deviless →devilish 74% match — Resembling a devil. vs deviless →fiendess 73% match — A female fiend. vs deviless →devouress 72% match — A female devourer. vs deviless →devillike 72% match — Like a devil; diabolical. vs deviless →