jointress
/ˈd͡ʒɔɪntɹɪs/
Etymology
From jointer + -ess.
jointress means A widow who has a jointure; a dowager. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.
jointress is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɔɪntɹɪs/.
noun
- A widow who has a jointure; a dowager.“Therefore our ſometimes Siſter, now our Queen,
Th’ imperiall Ioyntreſſe of this warlike State,
Haue we, as ’twere, with a defeated ioy,
With one Auſpicious, and one Dropping eye,
With mirth in Funerall, and with Dirge in Marriage,
In equall Scale weighing Delight and Dole
Taken to Wife […]”