vicomtesse

American  

[vee-kawn-tes] / vi kɔ̃ˈtɛs /

noun

plural

vicomtesses

1. the wife or widow of a vicomte; a French viscountess.

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Etymology

Origin of vicomtesse

< French, equivalent to vicomte viscount + -esse -ess

Example Sentences

He had charmed the vicomtesse just as he had charmed everyone else — with gleeful self-awareness.

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2022

On his way out of Paris, he once told me, he took a score from the vicomtesse: a copy of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s “Der Jasager,” with an inscription by Weill.

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2022

When once in her bed-room, the vicomtesse said that on the morrow she would rest in bed.

From The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)

The vicomtesse she left was no better pleased, and knew that she had had the worst of the skirmish.

From The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)

The vicomtesse met him on the landing, caught him in her arms, kissed him, held him off at arm's-length, and cried.

From The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)