tormentress/tɔɹˈmɛn.tɹəs/EtymologyFrom Middle English turmenteresse. By surface analysis, tormentor + -ess.tormentress means A female tormentor. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.nounA female tormentor.“Fortune ordinarily cometh after to whip and punish them, as the scourge and tormentresse of glory and honour.”