Middle English Dictionary Entry
sinneresse n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sinneresse n. Also (in surname) sunieres. |
| Etymology | Fromsinner(e n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A female sinner, prostitute; womman ~; (b) in surname.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Luke 7.37 : A womman synneresse [WB(2): a synful womman; L mulier..peccatrix]..brouȝte an alabastre box of oynement, and sche..bigan to moiste his feet with teeris.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Luke 7.39 : If this were a prophete, sothli he schulde wite..what maner womman it were that touchith him, for she is a synneresse [WB(2): a synful womman].
b
- (1255) Hundred R.Tower 248 : Juliana le Sunyeres.