tormentry

English

Etymology

torment +‎ -ry

Noun

tormentry (usually uncountable, plural tormentries)

  1. (obsolete) Anything producing torment, annoyance, or pain.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

References
  • tormentry in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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