damosella
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Variant of damoiselle or damosel,[1] 15th and 16th century variants of damsel, from early Middle English dameisele.[2]
Noun
[edit]damosella (plural damosellas)
- (archaic) Damsel.
- c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
- But, damosella virgin,
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References
[edit]- ^ “Damosella”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.