Why this word is great
SORCERESS — [Noun] A female sorcerer, especially one whose power is wielded with elegance. From Middle English sorceresse, from Anglo-Norman sorceresse, feminine form of sorcerer, rooted in the Latin sortiarius ("caster of lots"). Unlike "witch" (which conjures crooked fingers and cauldrons, folk hexes and hearthside curses) or "enchantress" (whose magic is coiled in the lilt of a voice, the tilt of a smile), the sorceress moves through the world with the precision of a scholar and the grace of a queen. She is the slow unfurling of a parchment map inked with forgotten constellations, the measured cadence of syllables spoken in a tongue dead for centuries, the glint of a silver ring turning in candlelight—proof that power, even the arcane kind, is most potent when held lightly.