Obs. [f. FLATTER sb.1 + -ESS. Cf. OF. flateresse.] A female flatterer.
1483. Caxton, G. de la Tour, G ij. In her companye she had a woman a flatteresse and a grete liar.
1569. J. Sanford, trans. Agrippa’s Van. Artes, 154. Wherefore Plato calleth this [Cookery] the flatteresse of Phisicke.
1658. Hexham, Een Vleydersse, a Flattresse, or a Flattering woman.
