supervillainess

English

Etymology

From supervillain +‎ -ess or super- +‎ villainess.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

supervillainess (plural supervillainesses)

1. A female supervillain.
   • 1987, Shirley Rogers Radl, Mother's Day is Over:

     On the everlasting As the World Turns, Lisa was another kind of person, a sort of supervillainess of the soaps. Yet she was always saved from damnation...

   • 1996, Trina Robbins, The Great Women Superheroes:

     Disappointingly, Valkyrie turns out really to be the Enchantress, a supervillainess whose intention is the destruction of both sexes.

   • 2005, Lois H Gresh, Robert E Weinberg, The Science of Supervillains:

     Created by DC Comics and featured in Batman, supervillainess Poison Ivy is a potent femme fatale.