English Explanatory Dictionary

Cruella

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cruel, despicable, or otherwise unpleasant woman.

Word forms

Cruella Cruellas

Etymology

After the fictional character Cruella de Vil (a pun on the words cruel and devil); from cruel + -a (forming female names).

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