http://wordie.org/words/prowess Comments for the word 'Prowess' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/prowess#comments A curious word this. If one did not know what it meant, one might think it referred to a female "prow", along the lines of <a href="/words/authoress">authoress</a>, <a href="/words/poetess">poetess</a>, <a href="/words/mayoress">mayoress</a>, etc. I like that, while it suggests femininity (though I know that the <i>-ess</i> suffix means something else here, along the lines of <a href="/words/duress">duress</a>), it refers to skill and expertise. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:58:17 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/prowess#comments http://wordie.org/words/prowess#comments When even sex has ceased to be sensation <br />he calls his marriage <br />mutual consolation <br />and, lying with his wife <br />without <a href="/words/prowess">prowess</a>, <br />he calls the appalling sheets <br />a wilderness. <br /> <br />- Peter Reading, Nomenclator, from For the Municipality's Elderly, 1974 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 07:23:34 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/prowess#comments